| Part of Series | Quirks & Quarks |
| Length | 53:00 |
| Licensor | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Producer(s) | Jim Handman, Executive Producer |
| Formats | Interview |
| Topics | Environment, Science, Technology |
| Produced | May 9, 2008 |
| Added to PRX | May 9, 2008 |
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Canada's national weekly science program
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/07-08/may10.html
English
The Ferocious Summer
The Antarctic summer of 2001 has become a turning point in our understanding of climate in the far south. It was a year of warm temperatures, high winds and lots of rain. It also happened to be the summer that Meredith Hooper was there to chronicle the activities of a group of scientists studying the Adelie penguins. What she saw was shocking. Thousands of penguins were missing, and those that survived were having trouble raising their chicks. The struggle of these birds is a harbinger of what's to come in the wider ecology of the region. Ms. Hooper's new book, The Ferocious Summer, looks at the plight of the penguins and how climate change is coming to the South Pole.
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