Snow algae thrive around penguin poop, a study suggests ...

Penguins are messy, gathering in dense huddles where their guano (aka poop) piles up on the ice. In fact, their poop piles are so dense that they show up on satellite images. And the guano stains ...

The findings come as Antarctica continues to lose ice amid changing environmental conditions.

Penguin poop is fertilizing snow algae blooms along the Antarctic Peninsula, feeding dense green algae patches along the ...

Snow algae can produce striking red or green patches across the Antarctic landscape, depending on their growing conditions.

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 ...

How is penguin poop contributing to climate change? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

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.

Ammonia from the birds’ guano can mix with other gases and form clouds, potentially cooling Earth’s surface and preserving Antarctic ice, a new study suggests. There is one group that is doing their ...

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 ...

A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, published on 7 October, explains how penguin poop and snow algae is linked to melting snow in Antarctica.

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 ...