Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• CO2’s Vertigo-Inducing Rate of Rise — In First 5 Months of 2016 Hothouse Gas...

  

  GR.– A recurring warning from climatologists is the possibility that melting permafrost will generate a positive feedback loop in global warming. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists, Business Leaders and Prominent Australians Call for Emergency Climat...

  

  Climate emergenecy statement published in “The Age” 23 June 2016. More than 20 prominent Australians have called for emergency-scale action on climate change... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Exceptional Rates of Population Growth Are Causing Stress on Many Fronts

  

  GR.– At 24 million, Australia’s population might not seem a problem. The country is the same size as the U. S., and the U. S. is home to 324 million. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Project Protects Military Macaw Nests from Poachers

  

  GR.– The green body of these Macaws remind of Poirot, the mischievous little parrot in my children’s stories. In one story, Poirot comes close to becoming a... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Brexit Could Damage Our Health

  

  GR.– Here’s a good discussion of the benefits Britain loses by exiting the EU. Christopher Birt.– “We would lose drug research and health service funding as wel... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Having Lost the Ability to Reproduce, ‘Coral Zombies’ May Spell Doom for Coral...

  

  GR.– Human damage to coral comes from a growing a list of lethal chemicals. We know that the oceans are absorbing more CO2 and that this increases acidity and... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Suing Over Sushi: Protection Sought for Pacific Bluefin Tuna – Scientific...

  

  GR.– Other stories reveal that the quest for immediate short-term profits is the Tuna’s doom. There is a competition underway to catch the last of the fish... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Brexit-on-sea: Why Do Voters on Essex’s Protected Coast Want out of Europe?

  

  GR.–It appears that developers want to leave the EU for the same old reason; they want fewer restrictions on their use of natural resources to make money. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Coral Bleaching Event Now Biggest in History – and About to Get Worse

  

  US weather agency says bleaching is now the most widespread on record and is likely to continue for unprecedented third year The aftermath of the coral bleachin... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• China’s Plan to Cut Meat Consumption by 50% Cheered by Climate Campaigners |...

  

  New dietary guidelines could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1bn tonnes by 2030, and could lessen country’s problems with obesity and diabetes China now... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• In the Birthplace of U.S. Oil, Methane Gas Is Leaking Everywhere

  

  An abandoned oil well pipe in Western Pennsylvania. Photographer: Chris Goodney/Bloomberg Jennifer Oldham, June 20, 2016 — “Some wells sunk since 1859 leak... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Another Ridiculous Ridge — Western Wildfires Grow as US Heatwave Casualties Mount

  

  GR.–It’s 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at my house again today. Previous record here at our shady place at 4500′ altitude in central Arizona was 101 F (38... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Nuclear Citizens Jury South Australia Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26

  

  The first Jury of 50 South Australians has now been randomly selected with representatives from far and wide across the state ranging in age from 18 to over 65. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• This is What A Fossil Fuel Dystopia Looks Like — The Arctic Sea Ice is Breaking...

  

  GR.–Read to the bottom for Scribbler’s forecast based on the Arctic ice events. RobertScribbler.–The Arctic sea ice is breaking up to the north of Greenland... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Pet Trade Imports 6 Million Tropical Fish Captured Using Cyanide Each Year

  

  GR.–Despite efforts by many conservation organizations, animal trafficking continues to push species toward extinction. ‘Finding Dory’ Expected to Fuel... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Legal Tools & Links For the Conservation of Nature

  

  Lists of Conservation Links GR.–Is it cannibalism to eat any sentient animal? (Photo: Traci Bingham for PETA) I once thought I could build a complete list all... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Batteries on a Game Changing Curve

  

  GR.–What lovely curves😉. Joe Romm at ClimateProgress.–“Low-cost, high-performance electric batteries are a game changer for the two key clean energy... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Endangered Namibian ‘desert Lion’ Shot Dead

  

  GR.–This happened last Sunday. Another example of the inevitable fate of wildlife as the hungry human population expands. News24 Correspondent. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Map Exposes the Scale and Nature of Rhino Horn Trade – EIA International

  

  Rhino mother and young: photo (c) EIA Environmental Investigation Agency.–“EIA has produced an interactive map of the illegal trade in rhino horn, the latest... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Obama at Yosemite Pays ‘lip Service’ to Natural Beauty Amid Climate Inaction | U...

  

  GR.–Lip service indeed. It’s easy to accuse others of “lip service” now that he’s leaving office. Obama’s administration supported fossil fuels with permits... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT