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

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 ...

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

He speculates the fungi lived off penguin guano, moss, lichen and material in the soil until the explorers arrived and provided a veritable feast—the first wood Antarctica had seen in eons.

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.