Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Gentoo penguins in Antarctica in 2017. Researchers found that guano from Adélie penguins releases a large amount of ammonia ...

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

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

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

According to the paper, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, the penguin droppings created a concentration of ammonia 1000 times higher than usual. Even after the penguins migrated ...