2019 heat wave at Punta Tombo (IMAGE)

University of Washington

2019 heat wave at Punta Tombo

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University of Washington doctoral student Katie Holt examines adult Magellanic penguin corpses (circled) at Punta Tombo, just after a heat wave on Jan. 19, 2019, killed at least 354 penguins. Temperatures that day spiked to 111.2 F in the shade.

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Anna Sulc/University of Washington

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