Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Field Guide to the Anthropocene

  Watching the natural world change can be deeply saddening. Many of us feel a sense of grief or anxiety about the loss of species, the changing seasons, and the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Biosphere Integrity Metric (BIM)

  How healthy is our planet’s life support system? Shockingly, we lack a clear, real-time indicator. Current measures often tell us about extinctions after they... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Refugia Playbook – A Strategy for Local Resilience

  Our planet’s life support systems are failing, and we cannot fully restore what is being lost. But hope is not gone. We can focus on protecting refugia:... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Announcing a New Climate Fiction Novel: The Maplewood Journals

  

  I am pleased to announce the release of The Maplewood Journals. The story chronicles a community’s fight for survival in a world being reshaped by... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Introducing “Biosphere Collapse: Causes and Solutions”

  

  Our planet’s life-support system is in trouble. For centuries, we have treated the biosphere as an infinite resource. We have used its soils, forests, and... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 6: The Final Adaptation — Evolving Our Minds for a Wounded Planet

  

  (This article is the last of a six-post reality-check. Concepts and examples are drawn from “Silent Earth: Adaptations for Life in a Devastated Biosphere. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 5: Solastalgia and Ecological Grief – The Inner Landscape of a Changing Planet

  

  (This article is part of a six-post reality-check. Concepts and examples are drawn from “Silent Earth: Adaptations for Life in a Devastated Biosphere. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 5: The Human Paradox — Our Place in the Cognitive Web

  

  Cognition is everywhere in all creatures. But what about us? Human cognition is an extraordinary elaboration of the capacities found throughout the biosphere. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 4: Preserving the Blueprint – The Urgent Mission to Save Knowledge

  

  (This article is part of a six-post reality-check. Concepts and examples are drawn from “Silent Earth: Adaptations for Life in a Devastated Biosphere.”) In time... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 4: The Value of Thought — How a Thinking Planet Creates a Stable World

  

  (This article is part of a series, The Thinking Planet, exploring the universal nature of cognition in the living world. Concepts and examples are drawn from... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 3: Rights of Nature – Should Rivers Have a Lawyer?

  

  (This article is part of a six-post reality-check. Concepts and examples are drawn from “Silent Earth: Adaptations for Life in a Devastated Biosphere.”) When a... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 3: The Animal Kingdom’s Diverse Minds and the Power of the Crowd

  

  (This article is part of a series, The Thinking Planet, exploring the universal nature of cognition in the living world. All concepts and examples are drawn fro... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Developments in Resilient Communications Adaptations

  

  As climate disasters escalate, novel tech is revolutionizing crisis response. From AI-driven networks to quantum-secured satellites, innovative systems are... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Communications Systems Adaptations

  

  As natural disasters intensify, our communication systems require fundamental transformation. There is an urgent need for resilient communication networks that... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• AI Comparison

  

  For a project we are into, I compared results from latest available versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek on one of the project tasks. The results... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Comments on the State of the World

  The blog, Collapse of Industrial Civilization, has been exploring critical topics for more than a decade. This post is concerned with accelerating disasters. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Town Manager, a Climate-Change Adaptation Novel

  My climate-change novel “The Town Manager” is complete. If you would like to review the book, send an email with a shipping address to... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Silent Earth Review

  “Silent Earth” has received a five-star “must read🏆” review on Reedsy. Blending scientific depth and practical foresight, this book is both a wake-up... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2025 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Bad News GOOD NEWS

  If you need a little good climate news to overcome the depression many stories leave behind, click the link below. 4/11 of this story is bad news and 7/11 is... Read more

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

• Killers of Earth’s Wildlife Often Take Old and Wise First

  ‘Old And Wise’ Animals Essential For Species Survival, Study Finds Latest Posts Killers of Earth’s Wildlife Often Take Old and Wise First Empty Rivers: Th... Read more

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