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

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

Scientists find that ammonia wafting off the droppings of 60,000 birds contributed to the formation of clouds that might be insulating Antarctica, helping cool down an otherwise rapidly warming ...

When the wind blew from the direction of the colony, ammonia levels spiked, sometimes reaching 1,000 times above normal ...

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 ...

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

First author Matthew Boyer piloting a drone for data collection in Antarctica. Zoe Brasseur Penguins, a key species in Antarctica, are "major emitters" of ammonia, according to the paper.

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

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

In December 2022, Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, where the icy ...