Extreme heat events are killing Gentoo penguins in Argentina, but the birds are shifting their breeding season earlier and therefore reducing the impact of potentially deadly hot days
Article URL : https://plos.io/42nzbeT
Article title: Rare upside of climate-induced phenological changes: Gentoo penguins ( Pygoscelis papua ) avoid heat events at Martillo Isl., Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Author countries: Argentina, UK.
Funding: ARR received funding from the Wildlife Conservation Society representación Argentina ( https://argentina.wcs.org - $1000), ARR received funding from the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ( https://www.argentina.gob.ar - ANPCyT, PICT 2016-0267 $4000) for their research. TH was supported by Quark Expeditions ltd. ( https://www.quarkexpeditions.com ) and John Ellerman Foundation ( https://ellerman.org.uk ). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
PLOS One
Rare upside of climate-induced phenological changes: Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) avoid heat events at Martillo Isl., Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
20-May-2026
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.