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Mary Kay Helps Sea Turtles, Sustainable Eco-Tourism
2020-11-25 13:50:46| Happi Breaking News
Partnership with The Nature Conservancy focused on female-led ecotourism in Solomon Islands.
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India: Endangered Olive Ridleys sea turtles likely to skip mass nesting owing to sweltering heatwave
2016-04-11 00:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Nation: According to the authorities, 139 artificial nests have been arranged in the three rookeries set up at Sangameswaram, lighthouse area, and Jinkapalem of Nagayalanka mandal as part of the in situ conservation method. As the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley turtles may not happen this year. Climate change is not only affecting human habitation but a major impact is also being felt on animals and other earthly creatures. Due to the ongoing massive heat wave, rise in temperature and shrinking of the...
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...
Warming Marine Waters Skewing Gender Balance of Turtles, Study Says
2016-02-05 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Rising global temperatures may be skewing the gender makeup of marine turtles, according to new research from Florida State University. The gender of marine hatchlings is influenced by the temperature of the sands in which they incubate, with warmer temperatures producing more females. It's worrying that you could have an extreme skew in gender one way," said Mariana Fuentes, an assistant professor of oceanography at FSU. "Any changes in population structure can have real repercussions. The scientists...
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Australia: Marine turtles' nesting troubles attributed to continuing drought
2016-01-29 02:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A Cape York environmental organisation has discovered Queensland's continuing drought is causing problems for marine turtles attempting to nest on an island in the northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. You would see turtles spending an hour, an hour and a half, trying to dig a chamber to lay their eggs in and just not making any progress because the sand was just too dry. In nesting seasons gone by, up to 40 female hawksbill and green turtles per night could be seen building their nests...
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