Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• How to Prevent Worldwide Climate Catastrophe. #Auspol

  GarryRogers:Only a little minion of the energy industry would worry about protecting coal. Originally posted on jpratt27: What is the relationship between... Read more

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

• Hothouse Mass Casualties Strike Egypt, Heatwave Hospitalizes Thousands in Japan

  

  #Global Warming–#Weather Extremes Back in May, official temperatures soared to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) as humidity levels spiked in Cairo,... Read more

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

• El Nino Crosses Monstrous Event Threshold

  Originally posted on robertscribbler: What’s the worst sin of all? If you agree with the Greek playwrights it would have to be hubris — or pride so terrible tha... Read more

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

• Research Shows Catastrophic Invertebrate Extinction in Hawai’i and Globally

  

  “Hawai’i has been called the “extinction capital of the world.” But, with the exception of the islands’ birds, there has until now been no accurate assessment o... Read more

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

• Northern California National Forests on Fire

  

  Last month’s storms in the North Coast resulted in hundreds of lightning strikes igniting forest fires across the region and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Read more

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

• Report: U.S. Wind Energy Price Hits All-time Low

  GarryRogers:Renewable energy prices are falling! You can easily switch from fossil-fuel generated electricity to renewable energy. Here’s how:... Read more

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

• Bermuda High No More — Global Warming Shoves North Atlantic Anticyclone Toward...

  GarryRogers:Please read the comments on this and other posts for added information and interpretation. Originally posted on robertscribbler: The semi-permanent... Read more

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

• A New Resource for Ant Studies: Antmaps.org

  

  Visit the site to see the interactive map. The photo is of an Arizona Turtle Ant. “The goal of antmaps.org is to provide an intuitive and efficient framework fo... Read more

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

• Plant Lives: A Timely Coincidence

  

  Plant Life: A Brief History. Frederick Essig. Oxford University Press, 2015 [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/plant-life-9780199362646?cc=gb⟨=en... Read more

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

• Has the Amazon Rainforest Been Saved, Or Should I Still Worry?

  

  Deforestation Lucy Siegle: “Peak deforestation angst didn’t actually coincide with peak deforestation. While the wearing of “Save the Rainforest” T-shirts was d... Read more

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

• Fossil Fuel Ecocide Forces Starving Polar Bear to Hold Breath For Three Minutes...

  

  Image courtesy of the American Dream (The gaunt, emaciated and obviously starving polar bear that broke the recent diving record in a photo by Rinie van Meurs.... Read more

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

• Navajo Nation President Begaye Demands Immediate Explanation of EPA Accident.

  

  The EPA actually has no concern for the environment, they just happen to use the environment as a cover story to create laws and gain an advantage for the... Read more

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

• Biodiversity Conservation: The Key is Reducing Meat Consumption

  

  RT @mzaraska: Meat consumption is a threat to biodiversity, study shows http://t.co/A4CXgpVXwG http://t.co/AzUj9Qzn4h. Sourced through Scoop.it from:... Read more

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

• The Reality of Global Warming: We’re All Frogs in a Pot of Slowly Boiling...

  GarryRogers:Seems everything is going up but my bank account. Originally posted on jpratt27: In 2009, global leaders agreed to try not to let the world warm mor... Read more

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

• Utah Tar Sands Resistance

  

  BREAKING: US Oil Sands is at this moment bulldozing the beloved Children’s Legacy Camp–a site where we’ve held multiple Intergenerational Campouts and other... Read more

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

• Wildlife Weekly Wrap-Up

  

  Idaho Says It Won’t Kill Wolves in the Frank Church this Winter: Yesterday, the Forest Service announced that Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) will not... Read more

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

• Energy-saving Street Lights Might Be Bad News for Bugs – Conservation

  

  Wildlife managers and conservationists are often faced with dilemmas in which they are forced to choose the less bad of two bad choices. Read more

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

• The Hothouse Breeds More Toxic Waters — Lake Erie ‘Painted Green’ By Enormous...

  GarryRogers:My ponds are at record low levels this year. This, coupled with drought and heat leaves them susceptible to a lethal algae bloom. The smallest pond... Read more

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

• Japan in Hot Water — Longest Heatwave on Record for Tokyo, Tens of Thousands...

  GarryRogers:And why the sea is boiling hot–do skeptics not ask? Originally posted on robertscribbler: This morning, at 10:53 AM local time in Tokyo, the... Read more

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

• Life on Earth Will Look Dramatically Different by Mid-century. #Auspol...

  

  Originally posted on jpratt27: Climate change is happening far faster than predicted, and it’s causing a huge decline in animal life, according to a recent... Read more

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