Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2813 )

• When the Global Wildlife Decline Reaches Zero

  

  Questions About Climate Change and Wildlife Decline GR: The research and the various projections of how the Earth is warming and how the warming will manifest i... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

  

  Borneo forest loss 1950-2020 (indonesiaexpat.biz). GR: We hear about forest replanting projects, better management, and better enforcement of forest... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Fire Danger Threatens to Worsen Most Disastrous Wildfire Season in Californi...

  

  GR: This year’s fire season isn’t over. Southern California will have hot wind and high temperatures for the next few days. The article below from the Weather... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Marine Algae Could Help Feed the World

  

  GR: If we stay on our present path bringing 200,000 more mouths to feed into the world every morning, bugs and algae will be well on their way to replacing... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Tar Sands Pipeline That Could Rival Keystone XL Quietly Gets Trump Approval

  

  GR: It’s really hard to find a fresh or useful comment on something like this. Just sad. Enbridge’s Line 67 carries tar sands crude oil from Alberta, Canada,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ After Dramatic Plunge in Insect Numbers

  

  GR: Over the past four years that I’ve reported bad news, this is the worst. We’ve known that insects were declining, but no one would have guessed the decline... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wildfires Rage Through Portugal and Spain, Kill at Least 39

  

  GR: Fire, storm, flood, and drought disasters are growing. Perhaps they will soon become so commonplace as to go unreported. Of course, when we see something... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Take Action: Tell Your Senators to Vote Against EPA Nominee with Chemical...

  

  Crony-Capitalism. Is this us? (Click image to read the fine print.) GR: The Trump/Republican choices for government office are people who 1) lack experience or... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Firestorm: 1,500 Structures Destroyed as Massive Wildfires Blaze Through Norther...

  

  GR: Now begins the age of extremes that everyone can see. No longer just statistical trends in numbers and sizes of floods and fires, global warming-spurred... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• OMB Director Mulvaney Responds to Western Caucus Calls for Forestry Action |...

  

  GR: There is a misconception in Congress that managing hazardous fuels means that we should remove restrictions that prevent timber companies from... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Bird-Friendly Are Your Windows?

  

  GR: Birds and other wildlife are declining because of these human activities: habitat destruction (building and farming) resource harvests (logging, livestock... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Trump Administration Will Propose Repealing Obama’s Key Effort to Combat...

  

  GR: Why does the fossil fuel industry keep this up? The influence on our lawmakers and regulators is a crime against all people everywhere. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Humans Experimenting with Climate’s ‘playing Nice’

  

  GR: Here’s a cautionary tale that will inspire you to step up your prepping work. A scientist who studies Earth history recorded in ice cores warns that... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• The Ever-Revolving Door: Industry and the EPA

  

  GR: The ‘revolving door’ between government and industry creates close ties that often weaken regulation of business activities. Here’s an example. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Stark Evidence: A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires

  

  GR: When it’s warmer, there is greater possibility of fires starting, spreading, and intensifying. As the climate system strives to reach a new equilibrium,... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• That Rotten Stench in the Air? It’s the Smell of Deadly Gas and Secrecy

  

  GR: Having had local experience with government cover-up of hazardous conditions, I am not surprised that Canadian officials would cooperate with the fossil-fue... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Death by 1,000 Cuts: Why the Forest Carbon Sink Is Disappearing

  

  GR: While we’re on the subject, here’s more evidence that deforestation is not stopping anytime soon. The research reported below found that 69% of deforestatio... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Degraded Tropical Forests Now Release More Carbon Than They Store

  

  GR: Brazil and other tropical nations are still allowing companies to cut and burn their forests for wood, pasture, and cropland. Deforestation is also occurrin... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Plants of the Post Anthropocene: 5. Barnyard Grass

  

  Weed No. 5. Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) Farmers detest this European grass for its ready invasion of most crops. The plant can invade and destroy... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Plants of the Post Anthropocene: 4. Barestem Larkspur

  

  Weed No. 4. Barestem Larkspur (Delphinium scaposum) This is the most widespread of nine native Larkspur species in Arizona. Commercial seed packages often... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT