Killing Our Frogs, a look back at "The Thin Green Line"

by: Eddie C

Sun Aug 23, 2009 at 15:33:11 PM PDT

This diary was meant to post for the repeat of The Thin Green Line but PBS won't show it again. So for today's GreenRoots Diary over at Dailykos, an updated look back at a devastating story.

Since my original posting of The Thin Green Line, the video that Magnifico posted in that diary From Silent Spring to Silent Night has been verified by Nicholas Kristof's It's Time to Learn From Frogs and the harmful effects of Atrazine are reaching beyond frogs.

Those deformed frogs and intersex fish - not to mention the growing number of deformities in newborn boys - should jolt us once again.

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Sampler Platter: "Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone" Edition

by: JayinPortland

Fri May 15, 2009 at 05:30:00 AM PDT

Here's just a quick round-up of who and what we're sending hurtling off towards that good night...

Scientists with kitchen utensils and model-train glue represent the last hope for the Puget Sound's pinto abalone.
We ain't gonna bring back paradise to the parking lots, but maybe we can make something out of them after all. I remain a Kunstlerian skeptic about those places; but at least our thinking is on the right track these days...
The online link is subscription-only, but if you have one Harper's has a great piece this month on Alaska's disappearing salmon.
The birds and the bees still can't catch a break from DDT.
Speaking of which, almost one in eight bird species worldwide currently face extinction.
Yeah, when you're resorting to having to catch, sell and eat the babies of a popular fish species, that probably does not bode well for the future of said species...
The number of eels in European waters are down by 95% over the last 25 years.
The oldest surviving human culture in the Andes, who've been around for over 4,000 years, may soon become the latest victims of climate change.
Let's close this out with a bit of good news - this piece of Ancient Oregon is now owned by all of us, and will be preserved forever.

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The Thin Green Line

by: Eddie C

Wed Apr 08, 2009 at 15:55:03 PM PDT

(Great diary Eddie! - promoted by Jill Richardson)

Cross posted at Daily Kos. Also front paged at both Docudharma and Progressive Blue.

This is a very disturbing "canary in the coal mine" environmental diary. I'm sure the twenty-seven year old PBS series Nature needs no introduction but this week's episode The Thin Green Line was by far the most devastating to watch. We are wiping out the frogs and amphibians.

The thirty second preview offers a quick look and some amazing photography;