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Rising Sea Levels Could Decimate Sea Turtle Nests
2015-07-26 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rising sea levels could decimate sea turtle nesting sites around the world, scientists have warned, with the largest rookery site for green turtles increasingly at risk from being swamped by seawater. Researchers have tested the impact of seawater upon turtle eggs in an attempt to find out why so few hatchlings were emerging on Raine Island, on the fringes of the Great Barrier Reef. Raine Island is a remote coral cay that acts as the world's largest nesting site for green turtles -- as many...
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