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

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

Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

An international team of researchers has found that penguin defecation slows down temperature rise in Antarctica.

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

Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate. New research shows they can influence how clouds form thanks to all their waste.