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December 20, 2007

Climate Change Fuels Amphibian Extinction

I don't know how this slipped past my radar for so long.  Perhaps many of you have heard this already, apparently they had a piece on NPR about it:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060112035218.htm

(from Mike Kramer-Duffield, 3/15/07)
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Jimmy Vonesh said...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=442309&in_page_id=1965

That’s funny I was just reading this^ article today…its about a new species of leopard that was discovered in South East Asia, it has fangs that are similar to the saber tooth tiger…it also briefly mentions some new species of tree frogs, here is a small excerpt:
The research, which forms part of the WWF's Heart of Borneo conservation project, brings the number of new species to have emerged from the island's jungles in the last year to over 50.

Plants and animals new to science include two species of tree frog and 30 types of fish, including a catfish with an adhesive belly that allows it to stick to rocks.

The Earth is continually changing and so is everything on it. Species have been evolving and going extinct throughout Earth’s history, and that will continue to happen despite human activity.

(from Mike Boland)

December 20, 2007 at 12:20 PM

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