Global warming dosen't exist, huh?...Don't ask the frogs..

[L8 Braker]

Full story in link...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10806695/

Frog deaths tied to warmer Earth
Study ‘first clear evidence’ of extinction and warming link, authors say
This Panamanian golden frog is one of the 110 or so species of harlequin frogs, many of which are being wiped out by a fungus.

Updated: 2:27 p.m. ET Jan. 11, 2006

LONDON - An infectious fungus aggravated by warmer global temperatures has killed entire populations of frogs in Central and South America and driven some species to extinction, scientists said on Wednesday.

In research that showed the effects of rising temperatures on delicate ecosystems, a team of researchers found that a warming atmosphere encouraged the spread of a fungus that has wiped out species of harlequin frogs and golden toads.

“This is the first clear evidence that widespread extinction is taking place because of global warming,” Alan Pounds, an ecologist of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica, said in an interview. “Climate change is already altering the dynamics of infectious disease and causing species to disappear.”

[hybrid]

Blah blah blah..........

the earth according to many scientists goes thru many periods of warming and freezing. Its the natural order of things.

I aint for killing all the animals by being stupid but evolution is what it is.

Show me global warming that tracks right back to a factory.

[Mucho Gonzales]

Originally Posted by article

In a study published in the journal Nature, Pounds and his team determined the link by analyzing sea surface and air temperatures, which rose by 0.18 degrees Centigrade per decade between 1975 and 2000.

Warmer temperatures increased cloud cover over the tropical mountain which the scientists believe promoted conditions to spur the growth of the chytrid fungus that kills frogs.

so that little of temperature change (probably even less from year to year) has caused more clouds and more fungus. this must be a very volitale ecosystem. clouds and fungus must go thru all kinds of appocolyptic changes during the temperature change experienced daily when night turns to day

don't get me wrong, I'm not so callous, but I'm having a hard time with this...I'm no eco-scientist either so what do i know anyway...

my point is there are probably more significant reasons for the fungus growth than a .18 C degree increase (average) over the last 25 years.

[bikertrashkwa]

Well I know you said not to ask the frog but I had to. The only problem was he didn't answer me. This leads me to believe he didn't speak english. This angered me so I killed him. Frog legs tonight. The only warming I encountered was the skillet.

[aero3685]

Umm.. last time I checked, global warming is good. I took a poll, and not many people said that they would have liked Earth to be in the Ice Age still. New species are found, old ones are killed off; I like to feel safer knowing that cagers are the only ones trying to kill me, not a t-rex.

On another note, anyone see that scientists say they could have the entire wolly mamoths DNA in a year. Wonder how long until they start making them since they will be bored of cloning soon.

[Travis71902]

U got a problem with global warming talk to the cows and volcanos, as they together are 100x more detrimental than humans are.

Global warming is a complete joke. Go talk to any scientist thats not being paid to say that kinda shit.
How long has the Earth been around? 3.5 billion years.
How bout humans? 50,000 years.
How long have humans kept records on warming? 100 years.
Get the point? Good