Ozone alert; frogs, plankton and people show effects of ozone depletion.

From: E Magazine | Date: August 1, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Amphibian eggs and phytoplankton are both being drastically hurt by the increased ultraviolet-B radiation that results from ozone layer depletion. Frogs have survived for 200 million years and their well-being is considered to be a very good indicator of environmental conditions.

What are green and slimy and not in your refrigerator? If you said "Frogs," you're right. But increasingly, they're not anywhere else, either.

Frogs have been hopping across the planet for more than 200 million years, right through the ice ages and right under the dinosaurs. They are survivors. But now, ...

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