The researchers spent two months from January to March 2023 measuring the concentration of ammonia in the air near a colony of 60,000 Adelie penguins at Marambio Base in Antarctica.

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in ... They noticed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around five ...

Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how - Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be helping to shield the ...

Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...

Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica. Those clouds ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape , researchers report March ...

In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate ... They observed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around ...