They noticed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around five miles away, the ammonia concentration increased to as high as 13.5 parts per ...

Ammonia in penguin and seabird poop could help increase ... the concentration of ammonia in the air near a colony of 60,000 Adelie penguins at Marambio Base in Antarctica. They observed that ...

When the breeze blew from a 60,000-strong Adelie penguin colony eight kilometers (five miles) away, atmospheric ammonia spiked to 13.5 parts per billion—about a thousand times the background level.

According to the paper, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, the penguin droppings created a concentration of ammonia 1000 times higher than usual. Even after the penguins ...

According to new research, the clouds around Antarctica could be fueled by penguin poop ... The study focused on a colony of 60,000 Adelie penguins on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Credit: Annie Schmidt/Point Blue Adelie Penguins on seasonal sea ice in Antarctica. Credit: Annie Schmidt/Point Blue "Our research sheds light on a facet of Adélie penguin's life that was ...

"Those poor penguin chicks." Echoing their comments, someone else said: "Unbearably sad on Frozen Planet 2 to see the baby Adelie penguins covered in mud and shivering to death because their ...

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 20 ...

The Adélie is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m – ...

Things are changing for these two closely related species. Adélie penguin populations on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula have declined dramatically in recent decades, while gentoo penguins ...