Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the ...

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

When the wind blew from the direction of the colony, ammonia levels spiked, sometimes reaching 1,000 times above normal ...

Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...

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

Penguin droppings release ammonia that forms clouds, affecting Antarctica's climate and potentially slowing warming.

An international team of researchers has found that penguin defecation slows down temperature rise in Antarctica.

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...

But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica ... says lead author Matthew Boyer, a doctoral candidate at the ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery: penguin droppings in Antarctica may contribute to cooling the continent. Ammonia released from penguin guano combines with compounds from phytoplankton ...

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