Garry Rogers

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• Map: Ocean Warming Could Push Marine Species Beyond Their Limits – Carbon Brief

  

  How a warming ocean affects marine animals is about more than how high temperatures get. It also matters whether or not fish and other creatures can tolerate... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Who’s Responsible for Palm Oil Deforestation—Small Farmers Or Big Companies? –...

  

  Last year, an important paper on the subject was published in Conservation Letters by Janice Lee and colleagues that looked at just this question. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Research Links Tundra Fires, Thawing Permafrost

  

  Wildfires on Arctic tundra can contribute to widespread permafrost thaw much like blazes in forested areas, according to a study published in the most recent... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Lizard Traffickers Exploit Legal Loopholes to Trade at World’s Biggest Fair

  

  Precious but endangered lizards are a lucrative new cargo for German smugglers, ahead of an international attempt to outlaw their trade Wildlife traffickers... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• More Weather Weirding — Godzilla El Nino Vs a Mean Polar Amplification

  

  We may have never seen heat like this before in the Equatorial Pacific. And as for atmospheric temperatures, 2015 is already locking in to shatter all-time... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World’s Climate About to Enter ‘uncharted Territory’ as It Passes 1C of Warming

  

  Global warming milestone is one of three climate records set to be broken in 2015, says UK Met Office Climate change is set to pass the milestone of 1C of... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World’s Largest Ecological Study on Palm Oil Deforestation Releases Five Year...

  

  Working with SAFE, climate scientist Stephen Hardwick found that palm oil plantations are on average 6.5 degrees Celsius hotter that primary (never logged)... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation and Drought

  

  LIKE California, much of Brazil is gripped by one of the worst droughts in its history. Huge reservoirs are bone dry and water has been rationed in São... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mexico’s Parrot Trade Exposed

  

  “No photos!” she yells in Spanish. “Don’t take photos! Get out of here!” Arms flailing and menace in her eyes, the woman charges me from behind a pile of cages. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mexico Has Big Role in the Illegal Parrot Trade

  

  “Several species have seen their populations crash to the point of being critically endangered due to the enormous illegal extraction from the wild,” says Juan... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Twenty Scientists Urge Raketeering Investigation of Climate-change Deniers

  

  Two retired University of Washington professors were among a group of 20 scientists that recently urged the Obama administration to launch federal racketeering... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arizona Wildlife In Peril

  GarryRogers:This story is not new, but it is not out of date. The issues it raises must be repeated because they still appear to be unfamiliar to many people. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Walking in a Welsh Rainforest

  

  You don’t have to go to Brazil to trek through a rainforest – Snowdonia has its very own wet woodland just waiting to be explored Does the phrase “save the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• With Keystone Snub, Obama Aims for More Leverage on Climate

  

  For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Oil Confirmed Under Africa’s Oldest Wildlife Park Virunga: DRC Govt

  

  Seismic tests in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve which is famed for its mountain gorillas, have... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Forest Service Stalls on Wolf Creek Land Trade Order

  

  The U.S. Forest Service continues to delay the release of records related to a controversial land trade in southwestern Colorado. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• As Demand for African Timber Soars, Birds Pay the Ultimate Price

  

  Tropical forests are home to more of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity than any other habitat, but are increasingly threatened by the impact of human... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Federal Judge Voids Permits for Searchlight Wind Project

  

  November 2, 2015 – Searchlight NV – Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du vacated the federal permits for construction of the Searchlight Wind... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Study of Huge Siberian Craters Shows Giant Pool of Methane Below Them

  

  In recent years, scientists have been baffled by a number of mysterious giant holes that have formed in Siberia. Intrigued as to what was causing this peculiar... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Australia Can Go Green and Have Economic Growth – #Auspol #EarthtoParis #COP21

  

  GarryRogers: Originally posted on jpratt27: Negative emissions, as well as economic growth and improved biodiversity: Australia could have it all. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT