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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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