Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Man Lives Alone in a Radioactive Town to Care for the Abandoned Animals

  

  Source Ecorazzi By Brianne Hogan Naoto Matsumura has refused to leave the radioactive town of Fukushima, Japan in order to take care of its abandoned animal... Read more

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

• Critical Fire Weather Forecast Across Big Swath of Southwest

  

  All of Arizona, New Mexico encompassed in weekend warning from National Weather Service Staff Report FRISCO — In what may signify an early start to the western... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• New Ocean Energy Plan Could Worsen Global Warming

  

  GR: Unintended consequences lurk behind many of our ideas and our practices. Reducing our population and learning the equality of other species are the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Soil Isn’t Sexy

  

  “Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life on Earth. It is comprised of countless species that create a dynamic and complex ecosystem and is among... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Making Sacramento a Haven for Honeybees

  

  Sacramento is the latest city to become an official honeybee haven. More residents are interested in keeping their own hives. But how do you catch this buzz?... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Quantum Physics, Rainbow Gravity, and My Next Novel

  

  One of the biggest problems with quantum physics – apart from the way it attracts new age woo – is that it doesn’t reconcile with Einstein’s General Theory of... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Dead Zones: Massive Loss of Ocean Biodiversity From Warming May Take Millennia t...

  

  Image from the Washington Post. “. . . the effects of the current rise in temperatures of our oceans is worse than you or I could have imagined. It’s so bad tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Battling Drought with Private Reservoirs

  

  With Gov. Brown announcing emergency statewide water restrictions this week, pumping out free rain barrels by local water agencies is one way to make a dent in... Read more

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

• Developers Attempt to Strip Tasmanian Forest Protection

  

  GR: Australian developers are interested in short-term profit, and they are willing to sacrifice ecosystems, wildlife, and their country’s future to get it.... Read more

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

• Deforestation Changes Climate Via Albedo

  

  Source: www.reportingclimatescience.com GR: As stated in the article, “models cannot accurately reproduce local climate effects due to their coarse spatial... Read more

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

• 1980 View of CO2 and Global Warming–Must-See Video

  Global Warming in 1980 This video gives insight to the progress of science on this issue. Must see. Go here for the latest on global warming and climate change. Read more

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

• ‘Urgent’ Crowdfunding Campaign Hopes to Help Save Three Native Australian Birds

  

  “An international campaign begins to help save three native parrots at risk of extinction. “The swift parrot, forty-spotted pardalote and orange-bellied parrot... Read more

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

• Protecting New England Cottontail Habitat on Cape Cod

  

  Source: blogs.usda.gov Yay, cottontails. From the article: Private landowners, conservation groups, a tribe and government agencies have joined forces to restor... Read more

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

• Major Study Shows Biodiversity Losses Can Be Reversed

  “The study is the first global analysis of human impacts on local biodiversity. It is a major collaboration between the Natural History Museum, United Nations... Read more

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

• Six Solutions for Transforming Your Balcony into a Biodiversity Sanctuary

  

  Your balcony – a little corner of paradise… Source: livingcircular.veolia.com GR: If you live in North America, here’s a good source for beekeeping... Read more

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

• Local Action Needed to Protect Nature from Global Warming

  

  Stronger local management can increase the resilience of nature to the impacts of climate change, writes an international team of researchers in Science. Source... Read more

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

• Converting A ‘Weedy’ Grass To Quality Forage For Livestock

  

  Messing with Nature and Calling it Range Management Purple threeawn “While native plants are adapted to thrive in our region, they don’t always provide the... Read more

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

• Subsidies to Industries That Cause Deforestation Worth 100 Times More Than Aid t...

  

  Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 – compared to $346m in conservation aid... Read more

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

• Other Flowers at Coldwater Farm

  

  Garry Rogers Coldwater Farm Flowers Click here for other photo sets. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Share on Facebook (Opens in new... Read more

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

• Climate Change Vs. Conservation

  

  Has global warming made it harder for environmentalists to care about conservation? Source: www.newyorker.com GR: Pretty good argument that there is no hope... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT