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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Matthew Boyer pilots a data-collecting drone. Zoé Brasseur A better understanding of this dynamic could help scientists hone their models of how Antarctica will transform as the world warms.

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

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

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

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