Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Farmers Fields as Nature Conservation Areas

  

  Highly productive agriculture and the protection of biodiversity are hard to reconcile? A joint project involving BASF, farmers and agronomic experts reveals ho... Read more

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

• Drought Damage Leads to Widespread Forest Death

  

  The 2000-2003 drought in the American southwest triggered a widespread die-off of forests around the region. Source: phys.org GR: Die offs are occurring at lowe... Read more

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

• Wildfire Critical in Calculating Carbon-payback Time for Biomass Energy Projects

  

  Accounting for wildfire is essential in achieving an accurate and realistic calculation of the carbon payback period associated with converting forest biomass... Read more

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

• Thousands of Cormorants to Be Killed: There Will Be Blood

  

  “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to kill 11,000 and destroy 26,000 nests Post published by Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on Mar 28, 2015 in Animal Emotions In... Read more

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

• Vanishing Nature: Facing NZ’s Biodiversity Crisis

  

  New Zealand’s remarkable indigenous biodiversity is fragile and in decline. The latest publication by EDS is Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s... Read more

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

• Fracking: New Aerial Research to Track Pollutants Above Western Fossil Fuel...

  

  GarryRogers:GR: As always, we study the consequences of our actions after we act. We often do not attempt to determine effects before we act, and if we do try t... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Chilean Wildfires Ravage Rare Species

  

  Huge firestorms raging across parts of drought-stricken southern Chile have “wiped out” hundreds of rare plant species and threatened wildlife as well, accordin... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Earth Hour 2015 Official Video – YouTube

  

  https://www.youtube.com/v/XxIMib4e8f8?fs=1 hl=fr_FR Earth Hour 2015 is about getting the crowd to use #YourPower to change climate change. Take action and go... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Wild Giraffes Are Suffering a ‘silent Extinction’

  

  The iconic animals have declined 40 percent in just 15 years, a plight that has gone largely unnoticed until recently. Source: www.mnn.com GR: This first... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Monsanto Demands World Health Organization Retract Report That Says Roundup Is...

  

  Monsanto is demanding the World Health Organization (WHO) retract the report that says glyphosate, found in the herbicide Roundup, is linked to cancer Source:... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We Could Stop Global Warming by Spraying Particles into the Air—but It’s a Very...

  

  Ken Caldeira on geoengineering. Source: www.motherjones.com “Caldeira, now a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, recently contributed to ... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Forbes Billionaires Top US Welfare Ranchers List

  

  What do the Koch Brothers, Ted Turner, and the Hilton family have in common with Cliven Bundy? They’re among a group of powerful welfare ranchers that take... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• One in Ten European Wild Bee Species Face Extinction

  

  Source: www.wildlifearticles.co.uk GR: This is a global problem. This morning I stood inhaling the sweet scent beneath the magnificent plumb tree that shades... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Annual Changes in Hummingbird Migration Revealed by Citizen Naturalists

  

  By Victoria. “Imagine circling the Earth twice on foot while drinking your weight in flower nectar each day. That’s the human equivalent of what Calliope... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Lactella: A Make-Believe Story of True Evil

  

  Evil Lactella Warning, “Lactella” is an evil character. This is not a nice story. Ivan Johns’ Tragic Encounter Ivanstor Johns, the new Mountainview City Manager... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What’s Going on in the North Atlantic?

  

  The North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland is practically the only region of the world that has defied global warming and even cooled. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Corr Syl the Terrible YA SciFi Novella Coming May 2, 2015

  

  Forgive this diversion into the world of the Tsaeb (silent T, long a). It’s where I go to find answers to Earth’s persistent questions. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• World Ocean Heartbeat Fading? ‘Nasty’ Signs North Atlantic Thermohaline...

  

  “Scientists call it Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). But we may as well think of it as the heartbeat of the world ocean system. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Lost Animals–Garry Rogers Goodreads Comment

  

  Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller Garry Rogers rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was hard to read. As you pass from one tragedy... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Guardian Climate Change Petition Reaches 100k Signatures

  

  Sign the Guardian’s Climate Change Petition. “Actor Tilda Swinton and chef Yotam Ottolenghi are among 100,000 people who have supported the campaign calling... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT