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 ...

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 ...

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

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 finds.

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

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 ...

The Antarctic Slope Current shields Antarctica from warm waters. But new research shows meltwater is speeding up the current, which could make it more unstable.

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

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