Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• New Report Assesses Impacts of Drought on US Forests

  

  A new U.S. Forest Service report, edited in partnership with Duke University, projects that drought will have far-reaching impacts on U.S. forests and grassland... Read more

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

• Cause for Hope: Secondary Tropical Forests Put on Weight Fast

  

  How fast tropical forests recover after deforestation has major consequences for climate change mitigation. A team including Smithsonian scientists discovered... Read more

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

• Mali’s Desert Elephants Face Extinction in 3 Years

  

  “DAKAR, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Mali’s elephants, one of just two remaining desert herds in the world, will be gone in three years unless the government does more... Read more

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

• Climate, Disease, and Human Population Control

  

  The Future of Population Control? We humans will eventually solve our population problem–not voluntarily–but by our own actions. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Nuclear History – Theme for January 2016

  

  GR: People react slowly or not at all to the chronic action of toxic pollutants that escape our control or, more often, are simply cast away. It’s easy for the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Hundreds of Thousands of Squirrels From Being Murdered

  

  Target: European Union Director-General for Environment, Daniel Calleja Crespo Goal: Stop the planned taxpayer-funded cull of grey squirrels. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Hundreds of Thousands of Squirrels From Being Murdered

  

  Human attitudes toward wildlife are still quite immature. "OUR WORLD" Hundreds of thousands of squirrels will be senselessly bludgeoned, poisoned, and shot in... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Environment: Mercury Deposition Increasing in West and Midwest

  

  China is starting to cut back on coal expansion, but India is still building new plants. Both are burning massive quantities. Summit County Citizens Voice... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Welcome to the Renewable Energy Renaissance — Fight to End Fossil Fuel Burning i...

  

  “Nevada Monopoly Fossil Fuels vs Solar Fight Goes National “An example of this struggle in microcosm took place during December through January of 2015 in... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Making Friends With Crows

  

  GR: Here’s an excellent DIY post for all you biophiliacs. We have ravens (also corvids) around Coldwater Farm, but they will probably respond just as the crows... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Homes and Companies Should Be Built on Flood Plains Despite Risks, Says Panel

  

  Homes and businesses should continue to be built on flood plains across the UK, despite the increasing risks this would involve for future residents, according... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Is the Usual El Nino Pacific Storm Track Being Pulled North by Arctic Warming?

  

  Will El Niño soften the mid-latitude droughts? GR: Scribbler is suggesting that weakening of the polar high-pressure air mass is drawing the jet stream... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Arctic Is Melting And Big Business Is Ready To Dig In

  

  “Standing at a podium before the World Economic Forum, Leonardo DiCaprio briefly smiled as he received an award for his leadership in tackling climate change. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arctic Heatwave Drives Deadly Asian Cold Snap

  GR: And more storms for Great Britain. The extreme events might soon outpace all (well, the few that care) reporters. Thank you Robert Scribbler. robertscribble... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Human Hothouse Turns Bolivia’s Second Largest Lake into a Withered Wasteland

  

  “Lake Poopo in Bolivia has dried up. And Climate Change has been named as the top cause of the disaster. “After decades of drought and depressed rainfall relate... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How ‘Natural Geoengineering’ Can Help Slow Global Warming by Oswald J. Schmitz:...

  

  “An overlooked tool in fighting climate change is enhancing biodiversity to maximize the ability of ecosystems to store carbon. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 2015 Poaching Stats: What Do They Mean?

  

  GR: We can’t seem to put the brakes on for wildlife or habitat. Our population growth and our homocentric lack of concern for other species is devastating... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Eye on the Ball– #ClimateChange, #Biodiversity, #NatureConservation, &...

  

  Nature Conservation The excellent article introduced below is about nature conservation from the human viewpoint. The argument is that the current mass... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Warm Arctic Storms Aim to Unfreeze the North Pole Again — That’s 55 Degrees (F)...

  

  GR: Losing the polar ice and high-pressure cap are unconscionable. I didn’t think we could, but now the possibility is real. robertscribbler It’s worth... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Infographic: Palm Oil and Tropical Deforestation

  

  Palm oil is driving deforestation—with serious consequences for both climate and biodiversity. We need tropical forests “Tropical forests play a crucial role... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT