Scientists find that ammonia wafting off the droppings of 60,000 birds contributed to the formation of clouds that might be insulating Antarctica, helping cool down an otherwise rapidly warming ...

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 ...

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

In Antarctica, penguin droppings are emerging as unexpected climate allies. Research indicates that ammonia from penguin ...

But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica ... says lead author Matthew Boyer, a doctoral candidate at the ...

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

In Antarctica, penguin droppings are emerging ... a surface to condense upon and lead to cloud formation.As per Matthew Boyer, a researcher at the University of Helsinki's Institute for ...

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There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact ... natural planet that we just don’t necessarily expect,” Matthew Boyer, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Helsinki ...