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Penguin Droppings May Be Seeding Clouds, Study Finds


may play a role in the formation of clouds over Antarctica, new research finds. Penguins produce an enormous volume of excrement, or guano, so much that last year four colonies of emperor penguins were discovered after researchers spotted their droppings in satellite images.

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