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

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

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

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

The conclusion is the result of measurements taken by scientists downwind of a colony of Adelie penguins in Antarctica in ...

Ammonia from the birds’ guano can mix with other gases and form clouds, potentially cooling Earth’s surface and preserving ...

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

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

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

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

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

Ammonia released from Antarctic colonies helps form clouds that deflect sunlight and lower temperatures, study finds ...