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Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool
Important poop news, friends: According to a new study, Arctic bird droppings may help keep temperatures cool. The research, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, is the result of an investigation into a spike in ammonia levels seen each summer in the atmosphere around the Canadian Arctic. "Since it's so remote, there are only so many potential sources," says Greg Wentworth of the University of Toronto, one of the study's corresponding authors. "And we ruled out the ocean."
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