The Daily Populous

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins.

The researchers monitored five emperor penguin colonies in the Bellinghausen Sea, ranging in size from roughly 630 pairs to 3,500.

Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice attached to land for nesting and raising their chicks. »

More than $500,000 in R. Kelly’s royalties held by Universal Music Group must be handed over to Brooklyn federal prosecutors to help pay his victims, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Prosecutors had moved to seize royalties held both by UMG and by Sony Music Entertainment, Kelly’s former label.

In September 2022, he was convicted in Chicago on separate of federal charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex. »

A Newcastle University-led study focused on the Pacific Island nation of Palau and has shown that historic increases in the thermal tolerance of coral reefs are possible.

This study uses data from a remote Pacific coral reef system and estimates the rate of increase in tolerance since the late 1980s.

More information: Liam Lachs et al, Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change, Nature Communications (2023). »

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is launching a program to help coordinate abortions at hospitals for high-risk patients.

Launching in a few weeks, the program is designed to get patients who show up at clinics but need a higher level of care to hospitals faster.

Currently the Chicago Abortion Fund and providers at hospitals text and email each other until they find an opening. »