California: More than half of Antarctica's native organisms will disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues to rise at its current pace, a new study has found.

 A study published in the journal PLOS Biology found that if the world did not control pollution emitted by fossil fuels, Antarctica's native plant and animal species (including penguins) would likely disappear by the end of this century.


The research made it clear that the ongoing efforts to protect the environment in Antarctica are not working on a rapidly changing continent.

Researchers concluded from the research that the application of more low-cost strategies could preserve up to 84 percent of Antarctica's endangered biodiversity.

According to lead author Jasmine Lee, since Antarctica does not have a large number of people, the region does not have a significant share in climate change, so the greatest threat to this continent is from outside the region.

He said that we need global efforts to protect the environment at the regional level on climate change so that the animals in Antarctica have the best chance of survival.


The study found that the depleting ice in Antarctica would endanger the empirar and Adele penguins who depend on snow from April to December.