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Turtles face climate change threat as warming beaches turn eggs female

2016-02-14 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Researchers investigating the impact of rising temperatures on sea turtles are travelling to some of the most remote beaches in Australia to work out which populations are at risk of being feminised into extinction. In a phenomenon being seen worldwide, warming temperatures are resulting in an increasing number of turtles eggs hatching female. The race is now on to work out which rookeries are most at risk in Australia, with a University of Western Australia (UWA) team focused on turtle breeding...

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