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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Earth. I'm Allie Wilkinson.Got a minute?

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Life isn't easy for a penguin chick.

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There's a lot to worry about: predators, having enough food, and now the changing climate.

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Researchers spent nearly thirty years tracking chicks at Punta Tombo, the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins.

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They found that increased rainfall and extreme heat due to climate change are killing chicks.

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The study is in the journal PLOS ONE.

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Down-covered chicks are too big to receive parental protection from the elements,

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but are not old enough to have grown protective waterproof feathers.

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So they get soaked to the skin during rainstorms and die of hypothermia.

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Their downy feathers do them a disservice during heat waves too,

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since they can't go for a swim to cool off until their waterproof feathers grow in.

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Chicks not getting enough food are even more susceptible to the elements, as they lack the fuel to maintain their body temperature.

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Storms during breeding season are already on the rise, and are expected to keep increasing.

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So climate change will likely pose a challenge not only in Magellanic penguins, but other seabirds as well.

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It'll be sink or swim.

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Your minute is up, for Scientific American's 60-Second Earth. I'm Allie Wilkinson.

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