Half of Europe's amphibians face extinction by 2050


	Half of Europe's amphibians face extinction by 2050
balthazarus
9-28-2008 11:06 AM
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9-28-2008 12:35 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ab584bed-ae8a-43ab-adc9-b5b8a4a8e34a/C4F34A7D-9186-4395-8259-7ACC725A949C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267"><LI value="0"><P><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/26/wildlife.conservation" name="&lid={packagesAndManualTrailblock}{Half of Europes amphibians face extinction by 2050}&lpos={trail}{1}" lid="{packagesAndManualTrailblock}{Half of Europes amphibians face extinction by 2050}" lpos="{trail}{1}"><IMG height="84" alt="The common European frog" hspace="0" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/09/25/frog140x84.jpg" width="140" vspace="0" /> </A></P><H3>Related </H3><P><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/26/wildlife.conservation" name="&lid={packagesAndManualTrailblock}{Half of Europes amphibians face extinction by 2050}&lpos={trail}{2}">Half of Europe's amphibians face extinction by 2050</A> </P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/AD892B50-B543-4349-B6DC-642E873F2AC6" alt="natterjack toad" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267">Viruses are already wiping out many hundreds of amphibians a year, and 
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