Posted on 05/10/2019 6:23:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change is having an impact on frogs found in British ponds, research suggests.
A deadly frog disease is spreading due to warmer temperatures and in the next 50 years could cause entire populations to vanish, according to a study.
The virus could spell disaster for the common frog, which is a familiar sight in garden ponds and the countryside.
Amphibians have been particularly hard hit by changes in the natural world.
The study provides "strong evidence" of the impact of climate change on wildlife disease and how it might aid the spread of the virus across the UK, said Dr Stephen Price of ZSL's Institute of Zoology.
"Climate change isn't something that's just happening in faraway places - it's something real and present that's already had hard-to-predict impacts on wildlife in our own back gardens here in the UK," he said.
The prospect of entire populations of frogs being wiped out is "a real sadness" given the fond memories many people have of pond dipping and collecting tadpoles, he added.
Prof Trenton Garner of ZSL said that while there were some options for mitigation, this is only a short-term solution. "If we don't eventually slow and reverse human-driven climate change, we unfortunately can only expect things to get worse for our amphibians," he said.
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Lying scum.
“WEATHER”: how the Delusional Lying Left wants to implement Global Totalitarian Government.
“The prospect of entire populations of frogs being wiped out is “a real sadness” given the fond memories many people have of pond dipping and collecting tadpoles, he added.”
Probably the first time I’ve thought of that in over 40 years.
Why doesn’t ‘Climate Change’ kill off mosquitoes or biting black flies? Or Cockroaches?
If that EVER proves true, I will be a HAPPY True Believer! ;)
Could.........................or not.......................
Ah, following the rule: A minimum of one “we’re donna die” story and one “some animal’s gonna die” story due to climate change per day.
And these stories are so easily debunked using math and logic, but then again, we’re talking journalists.......heh.
There are frogs all over the world... the above statement implies frogs in Florida would be more disease pron from the dawn of time than frogs in North Carolina because Florida's been 'warmer' for hundreds of thousands of years.
Liberal nutty logic at play...
COULD??? Well, golly, if yer THAT sure.
How monkeys could fly out of my ass.
How frogs could vanish from ponds:
1. Abducted by Space Aliens.
2. Mass Exodus with a Frog named Moses.
3. Sudden invasion of French and Cajun Chefs.
4. Pied Piper gets a new gig.
5. Mass suicide drinking kool-aid with a frog names Jim Jones.......................
Outrageous! So species has ever gone extinct before man invented the SUV! Ohm wait....
Thanks to Hot Hunt and others for the above realities versus the end of humans due to Gorebull Warming BS Predictions.
Frog populations have been highly variable where we live. There are all sorts of reasons for them to die off, but it seems unlikely that a very slight and questionable warming in evening temperatures has any negative effect.
Then, again, the movie Jurassic Park shows us how we could bring dinosaurs back to life. It also shows us why it wouldn't be such a good idea. Aside from the scene where a T-Rex chomps down on a lawyer taking a dump.
I will say, I remember a LOT more frogs and toads around when I was a kid.
BOTH by fungi and infections carried INTO the amphibian's living area BY the biologists studying them to find out why they are dying off.
> A deadly frog disease is spreading due to warmer temperatures and in the next 50 years could cause entire populations to vanish... <
Congratulations to the author! She was able to get three Global Warming standards into one single sentence.
1. It will be “deadly”.
2. It “could” happen.
3. It won’t happen for a long time (wiggle room).
The only thing missing is a demand that we spend huge amounts of money to “fix” things.
They should report that climate change is killing off puppies.
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