Teens, Frogs & Climate Change

With frogs and other amphibians already dying in large numbers, a group of teenagers is joining other amateur scientists nationwide to gather information on the problem. They're doing so even as new research shows climate change is likely to worsen the threat. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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[RyuDarragh]

Frogs are the "canaries in the coal mine".. once they die off, you know who is on that list of dead things. How close to the froggy end of the list do you think *we* are? Not that far.

[Bucknik]

I don't think this has anything to do with "climate change". Studies have shown that the frog depletion, which has been going on for a long time now, is mostly due to acidic air pollution falling as rain and runoff from farms concentrating in the type of ponds that frogs inhabit. They are especially sensitive to this because they absorb toxins easily through their skin.

Not everything is directly associated with climate change.

[Alteredstory]

@SurleyBlaine I guess I'm just saying, I don't see how that's "happy" news. It's INTERESTING news, but it doesn't indicate a sudden increase in biodiversity or anything like that. It doesn't indicate that things are going bad any slower.

The hope at the end of this is that if we take action, we can generate hope. No need to pretend that things are better than they are - the point here is not entertainment, it's education.

[SurleyBlaine]

@Alteredstory

I assumed that it was implied.

Also, they never said on the show how long these had been around before they found them. Hence the term NEW species.

Add the fact that there are also at least 6 different species of Giraffes.

Its not like they were hiding, we just didn't know how to tell them apart.

Any way.......

All I was saying was "How about a little happy to go with the sad?" A little hope at the end. Get it?

[Alteredstory]

@SurleyBlaine Not "new" species - newly DISCOVERED species. They were there before...

[coerce1]

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[iraqihero1]

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[formula8888]

boring

[HerrKommendant]

Yeah, you gotta admit there is a huge human factor, not only climate-wise, but as you say, industrial pollution falling into aquatic environments is a huge factor.

[SurleyBlaine]

This doesn't mention the 40 or so new species of frogs recently reported on Discovery Channel. How about a little happy to go with the sad?