Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• The Biodiversity of Species and Rates of Extinction

  

  Barn Owl at Coldwater Farm “The numbers of known species with very small ranges are increasing quickly, even in well-known taxa. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• In Which I Search for Otters and Water Shrews, and Find Something Even Rarer

  

  I may not have told you this before, but my favourite British animals are otters. I love them. They’re so good at what they do, and they look like they have fun... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Study Warns World is Facing Sixth Great Extinction

  

  May 2014 – ECOLOGY – Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Changes in the Global Value of Ecosystem Services

  

  Costanza et al. 2014: “Abstract: In 1997, the global value of ecosystem services was estimated to average $33 trillion/yr in 1995 $US ($46 trillion/yr in 2007... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 200 Tons of Illegally Caught Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Show How We’re Driving These...

  

  (Warning: This post contains a graphic image) Atlantic bluefin tuna is tasty. So tasty, in fact, that the fish is also endangered. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Photographer Captures Tar Sands ‘Destruction’ From Above

  

  Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline, which if approved will carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, so... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fact-checking Recent Claims About Climate Change

  

  In May, the White House released the National Climate Assessment, a report written by a committee of 60 scientists that assessed risks from man-made climate... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Time to Divest in Arms, Chemicals, Energy, Finance, and Insurance (ACEFI)

  

  Image from Britannica Who agrees that it is time to divest in the largest arms manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, energy companies, financial institutions,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Demand Closure of Cruel Elephant Park

  

  Elephants are being beaten, electrocuted, and starved at a South African elephant park. Demand that the facility be closed for its cruel and torturous... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Where the Threatened Wild Things Are

  These global biodiversity maps – the most detailed yet – show that hotspots of diversity and threat don’t always go hand in hand. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Human-Destabilized Antarctica Capable of Glacial Outbursts Contributing to Sea...

  

  “Our new results suggest that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is more unstable than previously considered…” — Peter Clark, Paleoclimatologist at Oregon State... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Warming Vs. Climate Change

  

  In January 2014, we conducted a nationally representative experimental study and found that the terms global warming and climate change often mean different... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Updating the Climate Scienc What Path is the Real World Following?

  

  Our aim is to help people understand global climate change — and how the factors that drive climate are changing. We start with climate diagnostics — people... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Orangutans from Deforestation

  

  Target: Indra K. Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo Goal: Save the last remaining habitat of orangutans and other rainforest wildlife from being converted to palm oil... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists Should Blog

  

  By Corey Bradshaw As ConservationBytes.com is about to tick over 1 million hits since its inception in mid-2008, I thought I’d share why I think more... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Superbug Threat as Grave as Climate Change

  

  Infectious disease specialists spoke out last week about the poor response of the world so far to the dire threat of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• I Woke Up This Morning Ready to Cry

  

  Written by Michael and Karen Budkie of S.A.E.N Editor’s Note: I usually add pictures to posts and re-posts alike but this one needs no additions to be a voice... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fading Forests: The High Cost of Invasive Pests

  

  In the past 12 years, 28 new invasive pests have been introduced to North American forests, exacting high ecological and economic tolls. What’s going on? Can... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Elephant Poachers Have A New Problem: US Marines

  

  AvbrytBeskärningen klar Dra i hörnen på rutan ovan för att beskära ditt nya profilfoto. Sparar din nya profilbild Africa Cries Film Production ltd... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mutation and Mahem: The Human Failure

  

  The diverse Arizona Upland of the Sonoran Desert is my favorite vegetation. I am far less fond of the weeds that covers the desert after fire. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT