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Penguin Poop Helps Drive Cloud Formation Over Antarctica, According to a New Study
The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...
Mother Jones4d
What’s One Way to Help Preserve the Antarctic Climate? Penguin Poop.
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...
Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how
Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...
The Independent3d
Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how
There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations ...
New research reveals how penguins help drive cloud formation over Antarctica
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment reveals that penguins might also be helping to form ...
France 24 on MSN6d
Penguin poop's surprising climate power
Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN6d
Penguin poop helps form clouds, could save Antarctica from climate crisis: Study
This shift was enough to increase aerosol particle concentrations by 10,000 times and form fog associated with visible clouds ...
The Star6d
Penguin poop's surprising climate power
Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.
Readers Write: Oklahoma City, Memorial Day, pennies, ‘the poop rule’
The writer is executive director of the American Banjo Museum. Monday was Memorial Day, an important day to remember those ...