Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate

Photo credit: ArcticDesire.com Polar Travel via Pexels. Article by Bob Berwyn Inside Climate News – May 22, 2025.

New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds around the frozen continent.

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by reflecting some incoming sunlight back to space. […]

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