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

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

Oceanwide Expeditions has announced that the company is launching snorkeling as a new activity on sailings in Antarctica. The ...

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

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Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

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

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

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

Meanwhile, Antarctica has received relatively little attention. We set out to change that. The most suitable sediments are exposed near the coast of the icy continent, where penguins like to breed.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin feathers. And now, after a decade-long analysis, Sontag and his ...