Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• Wildlife Weekly Wrap-Up – Defenders of Wildlife Blog

  

  Turning to the Courts to Save Red WolvesThis week, Defenders and our conservation partners took the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court for its failure to... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Paris Climate Pact Could Leave Forests Vulnerable

  

  “Efforts to foster forests and slow deforestation, which is one of the leading causes of global warming, are largely being glossed over by most nations as they... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Can We Halt Biodiversity Loss in 15 Years? Yes We Can!

  

  “Is the aspiration to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2030 – enshrined in the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals – a fairy tale? Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Northeast Greenland Begins Ominous Collapse — Giant Zachariae Isstrom Most Recen...

  

  “North, south, east, and west. At all points of the compass, the entire outer edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet is flooding into the oceans with increasing... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Case for Restoration in the Redwoods

  

  “Today, many still think of the coastal redwood forests as a dark, primeval rainforest, such as those depicted in the likes of Star Wars and Jurassic Park. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Mixed-conifer Forests at Risk for High-severity Wildfire

  

  “Northern Arizona University scientists are calling for accelerated restoration of mixed-conifer forests in a paper published this month in Forest Ecology and... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Tomorrow, the World Will Observe a New Holiday – One That Could Make a Huge...

  

  Join us tommorow, as people around the world celebrate “World Vasectomy Day” What is World Vasectomy Day? According to the World Vasectomy Day website,... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• China’s Biodiversity Declines as Human Demands Grow

  

  Since 1970, China’s terrestrial vertebrates have declined by half, while the nation’s Ecological Footprint has more than doubled, reveals WWF’s Living Planet... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Rat Poison Killed the Mountain Lion Known as P-34

  

  “Encounters between rats and mountain lions generally have predictable outcomes. The prey dies so that the predator can live. But as civilization continues... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Shit Happens & It Makes the World a Better Place

  

  Not long ago in South Africa’s Soutpansberg, I watched a line of otherwise fastidious visiting high school students standing at a workbench happily sifting... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Can Europe Afford to Monitor Its Farmland?

  

  Biodiversity is threatened across the globe, and one of the main drivers of that trend is the conversion of natural habitats into altered landscapes designed... Read more

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

• 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