GLOBAL WARMING -- FROG DECLINE LINK IS DISPROVEN

A new study in the peer-reviewed PLoS Biology, a journal of the Public Library of Science, has disproven sensationalist media reports of global warming causing a mass die-off of tropical frogs.

In January 2006, a Nature magazine article argued global warming was behind the spread of a fungus, amphibian chytridiomycosis, in Central America that was decimating tree frog populations. Ignoring the researchers' clear bias and predisposition toward finding global warming as the cause, many prominent media outlets including MSNBC, BBC, the Washington Post and the New York Times were quick to cover the Nature report and point the finger at global warming.

However, this new study by a team of scientists specializing in zoology and animal health provides strong counterevidence to disprove the Nature magazine article, According to the study: [snip] The scientists also found that the preliminary Nature study used flawed methodology and overlooked very basic real-world information. [snip]

"This is just one more example of how alarmists, including scientists on a mission, jump the gun, touting any environmental harm as being caused by 'global warming', regardless of the counterevidence," said Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis. "Thankfully, more thoughtful and honest researchers have debunked the myth that 'global warming' is behind the frogs' unfortunate demise."

[as go them all, one after the other, when credible science is applied]

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