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The link between clouds and penguin poop is not an obvious one but it has important implications for climate change. New ...
Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...
Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new ...
According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...
Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...
The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...
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 ...
The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...
New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica on ...