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

Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just ...

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

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

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 ...

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

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

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

A new study published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment reveals that penguins might also be helping to form ...

Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...

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