Cow dung has a lot to offer.
Finnish research on the impact of penguins on the climate is no sailor’s yarn either.
The flightless birds’ excrement secretes ammonia into the atmosphere, a fact confirmed by studies undertaken on a colony of 60,000 in the Antarctic. The concentration of ammonia was 1,000 times higher than it was without the birds.
Since there is no vegetation in Antarctica, the ammonia from penguin excrement, together with sulphur compounds from phytoplankton in the oceans, is responsible for the formation of new particles in 50% of cases.
Aerosols which in turn encourage cloud formation: potentially helping with cooling the region and reducing ice melting.
The impact of whales on the climate is well-known.
