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

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

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

New research indicates that a majority of emperor penguins ... Antarctica in 2023 are likely to reach record low levels by a wide margin. This sudden drop has alarmed scientists and has some ...

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

For emperor penguins, sea ice is essential to survival. The iconic birds, found only in Antarctica ... the most extreme reduction of sea ice, with some areas experiencing a 100-percent loss.

As global temperature rises, Antarctica’s pristine landscape is already changing, and new research shows most of the region’s plant and animal species – including its iconic penguins – are ...

Millions more Adélie penguins ... Antarctica, more than double the previous count of 2.3 million birds, scientists said on Thursday. The new data is exciting—more penguins! However, there are ...

Among a colony of black and white penguins with bright orange beaks in Antarctica is one animal that stands boldly apart from the rest. Scientists have discovered that one of the penguins is ...

A new kind of death is coming to Antarctica ... colonies and some of those megacharismatic, highly threatened species, which are all packed together down there,” such as penguins, Walzer ...