Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• At the Nexus of Climate Change and Invasive Species – Summit County Citizens...

  

  GR: Until recently, naturalists said that invasive species introduced intentionally and accidentally by humans were the second most deadly force destroying... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Novel, “The H. Sapiens Problem”

  

  “The H. sapiens Problem” by Garry Rogers Yay! The editing, rewriting, and proofreading are complete. The eBook is available now and the print edition will be... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Thirty-three Years of Growth in Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona

  

  Growth, The Destruction of Nature in Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona Click the link below to go to the Google Earth Engine for a 32-year aerial-photo time-lapse of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• National Lakes Assessment 2012 Key Findings | National Aquatic Resource Surveys ...

  

  GR: In a new report, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency says that 40% of American lakes are polluted, and the situation is getting worse. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Is Your Mortgage Under Water? No, I Mean Really – Under Water

  

  GR: The insurance problem is growing and affects flood plains along rivers. This is because one of the results of global warming is the increase in extreme... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Nature Needs Half

  

  GR: Earth’s ecosystems can survive the human onslaught if we reserve half the lands and seas as natural areas where we prohibit humans. Here’s how you can join... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Horse Creek Project: Losing Taxpayer Money to Harm Spotted Owls

  

  GR: Relentlessly, the U. S. Forest Service sacrifices forest ecosystems so timber companies can make profits. Personally, I would like to see the Forest... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation: $906B At Risk Via ‘Domino Effect’ On The Supply Chain

  

  GR: Awareness of the coming disaster is creeping up on the perpetrators. Forecasters predicted an economic decline long ago. It results from the careless... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Nitrogen Pollution: the Forgotten Element of Climate Change

  

  GR: Living downstream from an active farm, I have witnessed the deadly impact of nitrogen fertilizer runoff first hand (more here). Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change Will Stir ‘Unimaginable’ Refugee Crisis

  

  GR: Climate change will destroy human civilization as it delivers the final blow to Earth’s biosphere. Already we have lost half our wild plant and animal life... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Petition · Remove Ivory from the Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts List...

  

  GR: Wildlife is dying out as our farms, forestry, cities, and industries remove and poison habitats. Ivory lovers and the poachers who represent them favor a... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mainstreaming Biodiversity: A Real Solution to the Devastation of Nature?

  

  GR: This article describes the biodiversity catastrophe that is unfolding, and it discusses the preventive strategies of the international Convention on... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Beyond the Point of No Return — Imminent Carbon Feedbacks

  

  GR: Yesterday I reported on the positive-feedback loop forming as global soils begin to warm and release greenhouse gasses. This article by Robert Scribbler lay... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Kinder Morgan Pipeline: Canadians Intensify Huge Opposition to Expansion

  

  GR: Efforts to deal with the climate and biodiversity emergencies we have created may depend primarily on civil disobedience. Here’s a link for signing on to... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Fires and Drought Cook Tennessee – a State Represented by Climate-change Deniers

  

  Local resident Ralph Cogdill checks the debris of his house which was ruined by a wildfire in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee on Nov. 30, 2016. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists Have Long Feared This ‘feedback’ to the Climate System. Now They Say...

  

  GR: The potential for runaway global warming is growing. This is an important article that we shouldn’t ignored. Of course, one might argue that when you are... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• US Follows Hong-Kong and Taiwan to Restrict Food Imports from Japan Over...

  

  GR: Be sure to read the comments that follow the article. There are suggestions that the U. S. and E. U. are not really being careful about contaminated food... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation Spikes in Brazilian Amazon

  

  GR: Growing global inequity is fueling resentment and despair. As inequity and the human population grow, resources decline, poverty spreads, and criminal... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Obama’s Dirty Secret: the Fossil Fuel Projects the US Littered Around the World

  

  GR: These are huge projects that Obama has helped build at a time when the world should be cutting back on fossil-fuel use. The impact of the projects is... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge!

  

  GR: Global climate change and other issues beset us from all sides, but we must still try to protect and care for the small wild places that remain. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT