Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Imported Invasive Beavers and Minks Threaten Biodiversity in Southern Chile

  

  The proliferation of beavers and minks at Chile’s southern tip – a legacy of a failed attempt to establish a fur industry – threatens biodiversity in one of... Read more

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

• Survivable IPCC Projections Are Science Fiction – the Reality is Much Worse

  

  GR: Important article. Even to non-specialists, there is glaring incongruity between the potential disaster and promised political action. Nick Breeze dissects... Read more

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

• Starving Sea Lion Pups and Liquified Starfish — How We’ve Turned the Eastern...

  

  As of late January, the news reports were coming in hot and heavy. Baby sea lions were dying in droves. More than 15,000 of the pups were already lost due to... Read more

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

• Bad Climate Outcomes — Atmospheric Warming to Ramp up as PDO Swings Strongly...

  

  Last year, quietly and without much fanfare from the mainstream press, the Pacific Ocean underwent a powerful shift. A shift from a state in which cooler surfac... Read more

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

• Planet Earth is a Sick Patient Due to Climate Change, Says Prince Charles

  

  Speaking at Royal Society event on health and climate change, prince says that failure to act on global warming would be ‘death sentence’ for the planet The... Read more

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

• Businesses Must Step Up to Support Biodiversity — And It’s Simple

  

  GR: We need to find the environmentally conscientious businesses and give them our support. There are several directories. B Corp has made a strong effort.... Read more

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

• Biodiversity Thresholds for Amazonian Deforestation

  

  In privately-owned forests of Brazil, leaving even just 50% forest cover makes a huge difference for biodiversity: http://t.co/Fz310jXUQJ (photo: Examiner.com)... Read more

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

• Siberian Permafrost Methane Shows Growing Eruption: Number of Global...

  

  GarryRogers:High latitude warming appears to have begun releasing frozen methane. The coming summer may tell. If the process has begun, it will continue... Read more

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

• A New Way to Quantify and Track Soot from Its Source to Destination

  

  No one wants to see dirty snow. But that’s just what appears when soot—from forest fires, diesel engines, and other fuel combustion—hitchhikes to the Arctic on... Read more

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

• Study Seeks to Understand Variations in the Rate of Global Warming

  

  “A team of climate scientists, including Professor Mat Collins from the University of Exeter, have investigated the role of internal variability in the Earth’s... Read more

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

• Another Blow to Antarctic Glacial Stability as Larsen C Ice Shelf Cracks Up

  

  GarryRogers:Discussion of dangerous Antarctic sea-ice melting. Originally posted on robertscribbler: (Northern edge of Larsen C Ice Shelf is at significant... Read more

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

• Stop Federal Program from Killing Wildlife

  

  Target: Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Service William ClayGoal: Urge the USDA’s Wildlife Service to end wildlife... Read more

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

• Applaud Actor for Becoming a WWF Global Ambassador

  

  Target: Actor Jared LetoGoal: Thank actor Jared Leto for becoming a global ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund.Oscar winner Jared Leto has become a global... Read more

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

• What’s Living Under These Elephant Seals?

  

  Most people come to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to see elephant seals and penguins. Ginny Edgcomb came for the microbes. Source:... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Game and Fish Increases Pronghorn Population with Killings of Coyotes

  

  More than 800 coyotes were killed at the direction of the Arizona Game and Fish Department from 2012 to 2014 for the purpose of protecting pronghorn fawns in... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Urgent: Reserves and Parks Not Enough to Protect Nature – David Attenborough

  

  GR: As the human population and impact grows, wildlife is declining worldwide just as in the U.K. The National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat... Read more

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

• The Effects of Noise Pollution on National Parks and Wildlife

  

  Think your neighborhood in the city is too loud? Do you ever get woken up at night by the sounds of traffic or airplanes or trains? Source: www.ecorazzi. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• English Ivy: Berry Good for Birds

  

  Shelter, foodstuff, pollen source … ivy is so valuable to wildlife, even though it is maligned by many a gardenerOn Sunday I watched a blackbird almost strip... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• China’s Rosewood Craving Cuts Deep into Madagascar Rainforests

  

  “Prized timber is being felled illegally at increasing rate despite Cites ban and environmental outcryAnother day draws to its end in Antanandavehely, a peacefu... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What the American Diet Says About Its Culture

  

  GarryRogers:Lately I’ve learned that I can’t tell the difference between a soy burger and a cow burger. Flavor and texture are fine. Pile on the tomatoes,... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT