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 ...

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

Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the ...

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

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

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

First author Matthew Boyer piloting a drone for data collection in Antarctica. Zoe Brasseur Penguins, a key species in Antarctica, are "major emitters" of ammonia, according to the paper.

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

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