Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2785 )

• Avoiding Oligarchy to Preserve Nature

  

  Cherokee Nation Seal The Cherokee Tribe is a sovereign nation with rights guaranteed by a treaty ratified by the U. S. Congress and signed by the U. S.... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2022 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Animals to Be Formally Recognized as Sentient Beings in UK

  

  So little, but it’s something. Posted here just to keep the record. Set of government measures will include halting most live animal exports and a ban on huntin... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Warming, Environmental Variability, and Infectious Disease

  

  Introduction Scientists predict global warming will increase the spread of infectious diseases at the same time it amplifies the intensity of storms, floods,... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Canada Thistle

  

  A WordPress glitch deleted the discussion I included with this story. Something to do with the new editor.... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Weed Appreciation Day

  Today is #WeedAppreciationDay. Before humans, weeds were almost entirely beneficial for Earth’s ecosystems. Problems began when we transported weeds across... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2021 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wildlife Decline Continues

  

  Wildlife Decline As the human population grows and consumes more of the planet’s resources, the number of wild animals and plants declines. Encounters with... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Population

  

  Earth’s Human Population Is Not Sustainable Human population growth threatens all life on Earth. Notice how the linked Guardian article focuses on Humans. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sharing the Earth

  

  Half for Nature Dr. Helen Kopnina (photo: Springer Nature) As we age and grow more familiar with our surroundings, the limits of the Earth begin to appear... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Birds of Coldwater Farm

  

  Introduction My Birds of Coldwater Farm is complete at last. It is an illustrated guide to 146 bird species seen at Coldwater Farm during the first two decades... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2020 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 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