Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2814 )

• The Wildlife Information Centre – SBIF Conference 2015

  

  “If you record or are interested in recording wildlife then we would love to hear from you. We can offer advice and support, access to some training and help... Read more

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

• Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground to Stop Climate Change | George Monbiot

  

  George Monbiot: Once coal, oil and gas are produced, they will be used. And yet, after 23 years of UN negotiations there have been almost no steps taken to... Read more

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

• How Will Everything Change Under Climate Change?

  

  In the second extract taken from the Introduction to This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein, the author calls the climate crisis a civilisational wake-up call t... Read more

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

• Protect Native Plants and the Wildlife They Support

  

  HB2570 municipalities; vegetation requirements; prohibition (Mitchell) prohibits cities from requiring native plant salvage and also from requiring the... Read more

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

• Climate Change: Why the Guardian is Putting Threat to Earth Front and Centre |...

  

  As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking behind our major series on the climate crisis Source:... Read more

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

• Moving Photos Show Climate Change Destroying The Nomadic Way Of Life In Mongolia

  

  Just another sad casualty of environmental collapse: These before-and-after shots show how deserts are taking over the pastures where animals once… Source:... Read more

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

• 2015 El Nino to Bring Back-to-Back Hottest Years on Record?

  GarryRogers:A good bet. Originally posted on robertscribbler: For the past six months, the Pacific Ocean has been very, very warm. Read more

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

• Deadly Traffic: The U.S. Plays an Unwitting Role in Illegal Wildlife Trade

  

  Today is World Wildlife Day – a day created by the United Nations to celebrate the beautiful and varied wild creatures valued by people worldwide. Read more

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

• Hormone Disrupting Chemicals and Climate Change Increase Risk of Extinction in...

  

  The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS. Source:... Read more

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

• The Business of Endangered Species Management

  

  “The American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, is an endangered species with limited habitat remaining. Eastern Oklahoma contains significant habitat tha... Read more

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

• Tony Abbott’s ‘captain’s Call’ Over Tasmanian Forest Humilated Australia, Say...

  

  “Prime minister Tony Abbott made a “captain’s call” over Tasmanian forestry policy which globally humiliated Australia, the Greens and a conservation group... Read more

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

• Appeal to Save Endagered Lemurs is Falling on Deaf Ears, Say Campaigners

  

  Ian Johnston: “Conservationists are on the brink of despair over the plight of the lemur after an international appeal for funds to help save the world’s most... Read more

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

• 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