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

The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...

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

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

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

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

Gentoo penguins in Antarctica in 2017. Researchers found that guano from Adélie penguins releases a large amount of ammonia ...

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

The clouds in Antarctica might be fueled by penguin poop. Penguin poop - sorry, penguin guano - is creating clouds in ...

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

Some penguin populations, however, are under serious threat because of climate change. Losing them and their guano could mean ...

Penguin excrement releases ammonia that helps form clouds over Antarctica, possibly slowing climate change in the region.