Antarctica’s emperor penguin population may be decreasing faster than some of the most pessimistic predictions. A new analysis of up-to-date satellite imagery suggests the birds’ numbers ...

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Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, scientists said after analyzing satellite images of a key part of the continent. The images ...

THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS | By Ocean Vuong | Penguin Press | 416 pp. | $30 Alexandra Jacobs is a Times book critic and occasional features writer. She joined The Times in 2010.