The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

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

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Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new ...

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

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

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 ...

The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...

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

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica on ...