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

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 ...

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

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

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

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

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

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in Antarctica by contributing to ...

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

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

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