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

The link between clouds and penguin poop is not an obvious one but it has important implications for climate change. New ...

Ammonia from penguin poop increases cloud cover in Antarctica, reflecting sunlight and cooling the area. This natural process ...

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

Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...

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

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

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 ...

Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica. Those clouds ...

A new study published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment reveals that penguins might also be helping to form ...

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