Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• World on Track for Warming ‘far Above’ 2C Target: Analysts

  

  Inadequate national targets for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gases meant emissions would be “far above” the level required to stave off disastrous... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Map Reveals ‘astronomical’ Scale of Human Impact on Forests

  

  New research suggests there are just over 3tntrees on Earth, which is eight times more than scientistspreviously thought. Sourced through Scoop.it from:... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in South Ecuador Since the 1970s –...

  

  by María Fernanda Tapia-Armijos, Jürgen Homeier, Carlos Iván Espinosa, Christoph Leuschner, Marcelino de la Cruz Deforestation and fragmentation are major... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Shell Exec: ‘I Have an Issue’ with Protests, ‘good Progress’ in Arctic

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The president of Shell Oil Co. said exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is going well despite stormy weather last week... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Human CO2 Emissions to Drive Key Ocean Bacteria Haywire, Generate Dead Zones,...

  

  GarryRogers:Yet another danger from CO2 emissions, one that could become irreversible. Originally posted on robertscribbler: Trichodesmium. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• When Water Is Gone – National Wildlife Federation

  

  Here’s an example of the commentary: “A keystone species of California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument, giant kangaroo rats are starving as drought turns thes... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Monster El Nino Hurls Record Barrage of Hurricanes at Hot Blob, Sets Sights on...

  

  “The Hot Blob in the Northeastern Pacific held its own for quite some time. But it now faces the assault of a barrage of tropical cyclones spat from the maw of ... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Drought And Beetle Infestation Killing California Forests – Capital Public...

  

  California’s drought is having a devastating effect on its forests — 20 million dead trees and counting, according aerial surveys. And the drought has a... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Chris Packham Slams ‘shameful’ Silence of Britain’s Conservation Charities

  

  BBC presenter and naturalist targets RSPB and Wildlife Trusts for keeping quiet on fox hunting, badger cull and the plight of hen harriers Chris Packham has... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Physics Doesn’t Negotiate — Climate Desk

  

  Bill McKibben: Notes on the dangerous difference between science and political science. Sourced through Scoop.it from: medium.com GR: I’ve encountered the same... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Introduced Species and Biodiversity

  https://www.youtube.com/v/wRgJ-IexHKk?fs=1 hl=fr_FR Great animation from the California Academy of Sciences about Introduced or exotic species, how and when the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Does Climate Change Affect Biodiversity

  

  https://www.youtube.com/v/aoQzK7nbmIc?fs=1 hl=fr_FR Great animation from the California Academy of Sciences about climate change (induced by global warming)... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity Ecosystems and Ecological Networks

  

  https://www.youtube.com/v/7Fv9FKSMr-0?fs=1 hl=fr_FR Great animation from the California Academy of Sciences about why biodiversity is important and how the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Big Bank Says It’s Going To Cost A Lot To Do Nothing On Global Warming #Auspol

  

  GarryRogers:As major corporations appear to catch on to what individual scientists reported decades ago, the pressure on politicians will begin to shift. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Court Maintains River Flows for Northern California Salmon

  

  “FRISCO — Life has been tough for California’s freshwater fish during the state’s extended drought. But some salmon in the northern part of the state will have ... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Response to Stephen Corry in Truthout Criticizing Parks and Wildlands Protection

  

  Article by George Wuerthner (photograph). “Stephen Corry is the founder and director of Survival International, an organization that seeks to protect tribal... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Predators and the Food Chain and Preventing the Suburban Extinction of Small...

  

  “It is springtime here in Mount Waverley, close to the Reserve. The air is filled all day with the anguished squawks of smaller birds vainly trying to divert... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• EPA Kicks Off Climate Change Season

  posted on: Sunday, August 30, 2015 In June 2013, President Obama announced an ambitious Climate Action Plan, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Climate Change Facts for My Children and Their Families

  

  Facts About Climate Change You Need to Know Alex On The Beach Climate change and its effects are peeking at us from the sky, the land, and the sea. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Obama Warns Climate Change Happening ‘right Now’

  https://www.youtube.com/v/eePLrGReF9k?fs=1 hl=fr_FR As President Obama prepares to visit Alaska, he spoke about the effects of global warming in his weekly... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT