The smell of ammonia is quite distinct when in the proximity of penguin colonies, Boyer said. Gentoo penguins sitting on a rock outcropping near a weather station on the Antarctic Peninsula.

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by ...

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But the effort paid off, because Boyer and his colleagues found something peculiar about penguin guano. In a paper published on Thursday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment ...

They found that when wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-strong Adélie penguin colony about 8 km away, the amount of ammonia grew to 13.5 parts per billion, an increase of more than 1,000 ...

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new research. The ammonia in penguin guano -- or poop -- could help to reduce the ...

While he did offer some competent play as a bottom-six forward with the Pittsburgh Penguins as they tried to finish out another lost campaign, Koppanen wound up being shuffled between the NHL and ...

But the effort paid off, because Boyer and his colleagues found something peculiar about penguin guano. In a paper published on Thursday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment ...

The clouds in Antarctica might be fueled by penguin poop. Penguin poop – sorry, penguin guano – is creating clouds in Antarctica that could be affecting local temperatures, according to new ...

On Thursday, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and zoo leaders announced new red wolf pups and Humboldt penguin chicks. The red wolf pups were born on May 3. The litter consists of four ...