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 ...

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 ...

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations and ...

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations ...

They observed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around 8 kilometers 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.

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 ...

A group of Adelie penguins standing on guano-covered snow. CREDIT: Matthew Boyer. Antarctic ecosystems are under serious threat due to human-driven climate change, with some penguin colonies ...