WHAT FROGS REALLY TELL US ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING

THEY TELL US GLOBAL WARMING IS BUNK!

HERE'S A STORY WHICH RELATES THE AGW HYSTERIA - WASHPOST - 2006: Warming Tied To Extinction Of Frog Species

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 12, 2006; Page A01

Rising temperatures are responsible for pushing dozens of frog species over the brink of extinction in the past three decades, according to findings being reported today by a team of Latin American and U.S. scientists.

The study, published in the journal Nature, provides compelling evidence that climate change has already helped wipe out a slew of species and could spur more extinctions and the spread of diseases worldwide. It also helps solve the international mystery of why amphibians around the globe have been vanishing from their usual habitats over the past quarter-century -- as many as 112 species have disappeared since 1980.

Scientists have speculated that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns could endanger the survival of many species, but the new study documents for the first time a direct correlation between global warming and the disappearance of around 65 amphibian species in Central and South America.

The fate of amphibians -- whose permeable skin makes them sensitive to environmental changes -- is seen by scientists as a possible harbinger of global warming's effects. Rising temperatures are threatening the survival of flora and fauna worldwide, including coral reefs in the Caribbean, which serve as critical fish nurseries, and South African rhododendrons, which cannot move to a cooler climate.

HERE'S AN ITEM FROM TODAY'S HEADLINES -BBC - 2007:

New Zealand scientists have found what appears to be a cure for the disease that is responsible for wiping out many of the world's frog populations.

Chloramphenicol, currently used as an eye ointment for humans, may be a lifesaver for the amphibians, they say.

The researchers found frogs bathed in the solution became resistant to the killer disease, chytridiomycosis.

The fungal disease has been blamed for the extinction of one-third of the 120 species lost since 1980.

GOT THAT?

• IT'S A TREATABLE FUNGUS THAT'S BEEN KILLING THE FROGS - AND NOT CLIMATE CHANGE.

• THE AGW HYSTERIA REGARDING FROGS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE HYSTERIA REGARDING HURRICANES - ALSO DEBUNKED.

• I WISH THE ECO-NUTSIES LIKE GORE WOULD NOW JUST STFU.