Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay
May 14, 2019, 12:36 pm308 pts
In the extremely cold, seemingly barren Antarctic continent, poop powers life. Literally. Where colonies of penguins and elephant seals aggregate, their droppings, rich in nitrogen, enrich the soil and support thriving communities of mosses, lichens and invertebrates, a new study has found. It’s not just…

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