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

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

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

Newly published research shows that clouds fueled by penguin poop could help fight climate change in the Antarctic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change has melted an estimated 3 trillion tons of ice in Antarctica, contributing to sea level rise, disrupting ...