Published on: 2025-06-22 20:07:33
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. 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. The findings reinforce the growing awareness that Earth’s intricate web
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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 these flightless birds’ guano sets off a chain of chemical reactions that causes clouds to form. These clouds may be changing local temperatures in the Antarctic—and perhaps the global climate. At the Marambio Base on the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers led by Matthew Boyer—a doctoral candidate at
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When you think of mysterious creatures, penguins probably don't come to mind. The cute, playful animals are the focus of countless films and TV shows, fictional and real-world, and a staple in zoos and aquariums. But it turns out we still have a lot to learn about them, as revealed in National Geographic's new docuseries Secrets of the Penguins. "As soon as we started filming, we started to see things that had never been filmed before," wildlife cinematographer and National Geographic Explorer
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When a show has the kind of success that The Penguin has had, a second season is all but assured. But there’s something different in the waters of Gotham City and the show’s star, Colin Farrell, isn’t so sure that’s a good idea. Before its release, no one could have guessed HBO’s The Penguin would have the amount of success it has. Somehow, a superhero show without superheroes, about the rise of Batman’s third or fourth-best villain, was not only adored by critics and fans alike, it’s gone on t
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