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Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just ...
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...
According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...
Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...
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 ...
When the wind blew from the direction of the colony, ammonia levels spiked, sometimes reaching 1,000 times above normal ...
Newly published research shows that clouds fueled by penguin poop could help fight climate change in the Antarctic.
Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...
Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...
Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region.
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by ...