Video shows a wayward penguin swimming and diving among beachgoers along Brazil’s most iconic shoreline. It might be ...

The consequences of Antarctic ice loss are serious and varied and monitoring the issue faces challenges as American ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...

In the latest bad news for these penguins, research by the British Antarctic Survey examined satellite images from 2009 to 2024 to assess fast-ice conditions at 16 emperor penguin colonies ... chicks ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

The resulting clouds can serve as insulating layers in the atmosphere, as well as help to reduce surface temperatures and keep the surrounding sea ice from melting. Last year, the sea ice extent in ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which scientists say may be significant to regulating the climate ...

However, an Adelie penguin is most at home not on land but in the water. They frequently swim at speeds around 5 miles per hour but can move between 25 and 30 miles per hour for short bursts ...

They noticed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around five miles away, the ammonia concentration increased to as high as 13.5 parts per ...

Piles of penguin poop coat the rocky coast of Antarctica. | Ashley Cooper/The Image Bank/Getty Images While penguin poop might seem like an unlikely tool for mitigating climate change, guano is an ...

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins The gases in penguin poop–or guano–can help form cooling clouds. By Laura Baisas Published May 22, 2025 11:00 AM EDT ...