Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2776 )

• The $700 Billion Question: Why Nature’s Price Tag is Breaking the Bank

  

  Even after some logging the forest scene at left looks healthy. The numbers are staggering. According to the Paulson Institute, protecting Earth’s biodiversity... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• COP 16, A Remarkable Failure

  Here’s an example of media coverage of the meeting: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9jdpep4ydo The 16th United Nations Biodiversity summit attended by... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• First Draft of “Adapting to a Weakened Biosphere” is Nearing the End!

  Working on my last book, “Adapting to Worst-Case Climate Change” I realized that a much more critical (and difficult) subject is biosphere decline. After... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Economic and Social Strategies for Adapting to Worst-Case Climate Change

  A world 3 to 5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels will be unrecognizable compared to today. The World Bank warns that with such a temperature increase,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Managing Ecosystems with Worst-Case Climate Change

  The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reports that up to 1 million species are already at risk of... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Health System Adaptations for Worst-Case Climate Change

  Catastrophic health problems may soon become commonplace. As the world warms, our health systems, urban infrastructure, and societal rules must adapt. The... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Energy System Adaptations for Worst-Case Climate Change

  The signs of the catastrophic climate disruptions are already visible[1]. Extreme weather events, resource scarcity, and the increasing unreliability of... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Agriculture and Food Security Adaptations to Worst-Case Climate Change

  

  The Northward March of Agriculture One of the most visible consequences of severe climate change will be the massive northward shift of agricultural zones. The... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Coastal Adaptation for Worst-Case Climate Change

  

  As ecosystems from arctic forests to tropical coral reefs edge toward extinction, and sea level rises, it is time for a radical rethinking of coastal management. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Water Management for Worst-Case Climate Change

  

  The foundations of civilization–agriculture, urban life, and industry–are threatened by water scarcity. The necessary adaptations are extreme, and their... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Geoengineering Adaptations for Worst-Case Climate Change

  Geoengineering, the deliberate large-scale manipulation of Earth’s climate systems, has emerged from academic debate to become a potential last resort in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Population Management for Worst-Case Climate Change

  lation Management Planet Earth is already straining under the 400-billion-pound weight of eight billion humans (more than all other mammals combined)[i]. In ... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bad Climate News

  The news is bad. And when you find a story that seems to report a positive event or accomplishment, you invariably find it doesn’t. For instance, Kelly... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Governance in a Hothouse Earth: Balancing Adaptation and Freedom

  How can societies best organize themselves to implement crucial adaptation strategies while preserving human rights and fostering the innovation needed for... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Worst-Case Scenario for the Biosphere: Overview

  

  As a biogeographer with decades-long interest in Earth’s ecosystems, I have grave concerns for the future of our planet’s biosphere. Human activities are pushin... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Can We Survive Climate Change?

  Familiar with government responses to global warming causes and effects, I have formed a deeply pessimistic outlook on humanity’s prospects for surviving climat... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Can’t Reverse Global Warming

  

  Having read the research on the technology, achievements, and hopes for reversing global warming, I’m compelled to share my deeply pessimistic outlook on this... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Worst Case Consequence of the Long Atmospheric Residence Time of CO2

  

  GR with great granddaughter Maricella I feel a deep sense of dread when I consider the long-term consequences of our CO2 emissions. The atmospheric residence... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Worst Case Climate-Change Scenario

  

  As a physical geographer who has studied and lectured on Earth’s soils, geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, I feel compelled to share my deepest concerns abou... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• BOSH Project Destroys Tens of Thousands Acres of Juniper – The Wildlife News

  Another critique of Juniper eradication on public land: “The Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act could remove livestock from much of the sage grouse... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2024 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT