The penguins live much of the year on Antarctic sea ice, which is disappearing or breaking apart because of the heat-trapping gases released by humans' use of fossil fuels
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Climate change is threatening emperor penguins with extinction in much of their range, federal wildlife officials said Tuesday as they announced a proposal to protect them under the Endangered Species Act.
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