Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2776 )

• Postscript: The Time is Growing Short

  

  POSTCRIPT I published the blog post below in 2017. It discusses a scientific analysis and climate-change warning published in the journal Nature. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Legal Tools & Links For the Conservation of Nature

  

  Yesterday, a visitor sent an email containing corrections and additions for my Legal Tools Links page. So much appreciated, I made the changes and checked a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Yikes! Stinknet is Here!

  

  Stinknet Has Reached Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona Yesterday (June 14, 2019), I discovered a new invasive weed growing in Humboldt. The plant’s small yellow flowers... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Saving Coldwater Farm

  

  Conservation Easement Nearing Completion Thanks to generous donors, the Coldwater Farm conservation easement is almost complete. During the spring we’ve had... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity Loss and Human Extinction

  

  Global Extinction Emergency Present day human impacts are causing global extinctions comparable in number to the dinosaur extinction of 65 million years ago. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Saving Nature and Human Civilization

  

  Government Inaction on the Climate Emergency More than 90% of the countries signing the Paris Climate Agreement have failed to meet their target emission... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Storms and Global Warming

  

  Midwest Storms and Flooding NASA Image Though you will see very little about this on major news media, the Midwest cyclone of three weeks ago set records and... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• It’s Weed Appreciation Day!

  

  Weeds are those plants that quickly colonize damaged sites and protect the soil while the original plants move back in. Damages from fires, floods, storms, and... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Demonstrations – Students Protest This Friday

  

  There are many growing threats to nature and humanity. The growing human population that now exceeds the Earth’s carrying capacity is producing toxic wastes... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Social Democrats Vs. Fascists

  

  Trump and the Republicans want the US to become a fascist country ruled by greedy people and companies. Fascism (Merriam-Webster): A political philosophy,... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How to Send a Finch Extinct

  

  strange behaviors Australia’s southern black-throated finch: Going, going … This one caught my eye because it’s such a pretty bird, and because of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change Faster Than Expected

  

  ARE WE HEADED TOWARD THE WORST-CASE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO? It’s starting to look like it. CO2 emissions this year (2019) are expected to be the highest yet. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 15 Reasons Why You Should Study Environmental Science

  Motivation, the Environment We live in an age that has a lot environmental challenges threatening the existence of living and non-living things. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Trump’s Wall Treats Symptoms and Causes Problems

  

  Not to Wall View of the border fence between the US states of Texas and New Mexico, left, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, right, on Jan. 25, 2017. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Desert Weeds – Draft – Comments Welcome

  

  Draft Desert-Weeds Introduction Abstract Weeds are the first stage of recovery following disturbances that reduce the cover of perennial plants and biological... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Birds of Coldwater Farm | Photo Gallery

  

  Photographs of the Birds of Coldwater Farm Here are pictures of the 137 birds observed at Coldwater Farm through 2017. Click photographs to see photographer... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Habitat Loss Threatens All Our Futures, World Leaders Warned

  

  GR: I suppose that we all know what’s causing habitat loss. The human population has grown without limits and like bacteria in a petri dish, we are using up... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Prioritizing Weed Species and Sites in Deserts

  

  Prioritizing Weed Species and Sites Along with budgeting and seeking public support, determining priorities is an essential element of weed-control strategy. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Humanity’s Mass Extinction of Wildlife Continues

  

  Wildlife Decline Continuing The new Living Planet Index from the World Wildlife Fund is out. It’s analysis of thousands of reports of wildlife numbers shows... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• CO2 Emissions Must Be Cut Now

  

  It’s Time to Cut CO2 Emissions Yesterday at my house we received 2.25″ of rain (with hail) in less than an hour. In arid regions, that’s a lot. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2018 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT