Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how - Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

When the wind blew from the direction of the colony, ammonia levels spiked, sometimes reaching 1,000 times above normal ...

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...

Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...

Antarctica, long seen as a pristine barometer of global climate health, is warming rapidly under the influence of ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica on ...

“There are connections between things that happen on our natural planet that we just don’t necessarily expect,” says lead author Matthew Boyer, a doctoral candidate at the University of ...

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

Penguin droppings release ammonia that forms clouds, affecting Antarctica's climate and potentially slowing warming.

Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which stabilises particles in the atmosphere that allow ...