SYDNEY: Massive declines in amphibian populations are due to a combination of factors linked to changing climate, not a single issue, according to a new study.
Frogs, newts and relatives have been unable to adapt swiftly enough to cope with today's unprecedented rate of global warming, said zoologist Andrew Blaustein of the Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, U.S., and this is driving them toward extinction.
Over the last 30 years, amphibian have been diminishing worldwide. Of the 5,743 species, 43 per cent are in decline, 32 per cent are under threat, and 168 have become extinct. Infectious disease, U.V. light, habitat destruction and pollution have all been cited as causes of the rapidly plummeting numbers.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1284
Must have been all those frog legs I ate! "burp!"
Frogs, newts and relatives have been unable to adapt swiftly enough to cope with today's unprecedented rate of global warming, said zoologist Andrew Blaustein of the Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, U.S., and this is driving them toward extinction.
Over the last 30 years, amphibian have been diminishing worldwide. Of the 5,743 species, 43 per cent are in decline, 32 per cent are under threat, and 168 have become extinct. Infectious disease, U.V. light, habitat destruction and pollution have all been cited as causes of the rapidly plummeting numbers.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1284
Must have been all those frog legs I ate! "burp!"
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