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Antarctica ozone hole is healing sooner and faster than expected

2016-07-02 18:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Modern Readers: New research suggests that the ozone hole in Antarctica is getting smaller and growing to its full size later than it does in the year. According to the researchers, this healing process has been described as a victory in the fight against man-made climate change and the effects it has dealt on Earths ozone layer. The multinational team of scientists discovered in their study that the September-October ozone hole has become smaller, shrinking by about 1.7 million square miles in the all-important...

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Study warns dangerous global warming to happen sooner

2016-07-02 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Eco News: According to new Australian research that highlights the alarming implications of rising energy demand the world is on track to reach dangerous levels of global warming much sooner than expected. University of Queensland (UQ) and Griffith University researchers have developed a global energy tracker that predicts average world temperatures could climb 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2020. That forecast, based on new modelling using long-term average projections on economic...

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More Wildfires, Starting Sooner, Burning More Acres

2016-06-28 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Capradio: A report by the nonpartisan Climate Central says that 11 million people in California are at risk of wildfire and that climate change is lengthening the wildfire season. Previous reports by researchers have said wildfires in the western U.S. would become more intense, larger, and start earlier than usual as a result of climate change. "This intense activity is indicative of a growing trend in Western wildfires linked to changes in climate," the report notes. "Spring and summer temperatures...

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Spring comes sooner to urban heat islands, with potential consequences for wildlife

2016-05-25 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: With spring now fully sprung, a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers shows that buds burst earlier in dense urban areas than in their suburban and rural surroundings. This may be music to urban gardeners' ears, but that tune could be alarming to some native and migratory birds and bugs. Urban-dwelling plants around the globe typically get a head start on the growing season compared to their rural counterparts because of the urban heat island effect, the phenomenon in which...

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