[NEWS] Five notes about fragile lifes: CHZs, endangered Ontario, glaciers, Spain, allergies

[rfmcdonald]

• Circumstellar habitable zones may be much narrower than previously hoped, Universe Today notes.


• NOW Toronto notes changes in Ontario law that might expose endangered species like cormorants to hunting.


• The world's glaciers have lost more than nine trillion tons of ice in the past century, Universe Today reports.


• Politico Europe notes that Spain is at particular risk of desertification as climate change proceeds.


• The Smithsonian Magazine notes that, as growing seasons extend thanks to global warming, so do allergy-causing pollen counts.