Scientists have found that penguin poo, called guano, can cause Antarctic snow to melt at a faster than normal rate.

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 ...

In a quirky twist of nature, penguins may be helping slow Climate change—thanks to their poop. According to a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment and covered by ABC News, the ...

Researchers find the birds’ guano feeds algal blooms that absorb significantly more solar energy ...

Penguins are pooping pink – and when viewed from space, that’s giving scientists a new way to track how Antarctica’s climate is changing. The color of penguin poop depends on what the birds eat. To ...

Penguins are pooping pink – and when viewed from space, that’s giving scientists a new way to track how Antarctica’s climate ...

While humans might be mostly to blame for Antarctica’s snow melt, scientists are pointing to another surprising source of the a-thaw-calypse — penguin poop. Per the study in the Journal of Geophysical ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising—and smelly—source of clouds in Antarctica: penguin poop. According to a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, ammonia gas emanating from ...

Think of it as a tea leaf reading, only stinkier. Researchers are using NASA Landsat satellite images to see how environmental changes are affecting the world's animals, specifically the Adadélie ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.

“What’s also interesting,” he said, “is if the clouds are over ice surfaces, it could actually lead to warming because the clouds are less reflective than the ice beneath.” In that case, the clouds ...