Climate Change Could Make This Horrific New Jersey Wildlife Disease Worse

Climate Change Could Make This Horrific New Jersey Wildlife Disease Worse

The Garden State is home to ranavirus, a pathogen capable of killing amphibians en masse. Scientists still aren’t sure what’s causing outbreaks and what the long-term effects might be, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.By Alex MegerleIt was May 2011 when herpetologist Robert Zappalorti called scientists about the tadpoles.

Wrong, Inside Climate News, Climate Change Isn’t Worsening Wildlife Viruses in New Jersey - ClimateRealism

Inside Climate News (ICN) recently published “Climate Change Could Make This Horrific New Jersey Wildlife Disease Worse” by Alex Megerle on February 17, 2026, claiming climate change, via warming temperatures, will intensify ranavirus outbreaks among New Jersey amphibians, producing indirect environmental and economic harms as a result. This is false, with points made in article itself undermining the claim. Ranavirus outbreaks are driven by exp…