The researchers further demonstrated that the ammonia kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. Out at sea, tiny plantlike ...

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

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

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

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

Gentoo penguins in Antarctica in 2017. Researchers found that guano from Adélie penguins releases a large amount of ammonia ...

Some penguin populations, however, are under serious threat because of climate change. Losing them and their guano could mean ...

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

Penguin excrement releases ammonia that helps form clouds over Antarctica, possibly slowing climate change in the region.

A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica, shielding it from warm water farther north. But our new research published ...