Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
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| Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:20 | |||
Sea-level rises will also affect sea turtles by reducing the beach area available for nesting. Marine turtles spend most of their lives at sea, hunting for prey. Females come ashore only every few years to lay their eggs on beaches. 'The problem is that marine turtles can be very faithful to their hatching site,' says lead author Dr Matthew Witt from the University of Exeter. 'They can come back to lay their eggs on the beach where they hatched,' he says. This makes the turtles vulnerable to local environmental changes caused by global warming.... Read Full Article by Sara Coelho
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Global warming is likely to make marine turtles to hatch more females than males and may reduce nesting success, according to a review of the effects of increasing temperature on the turtles' biology.
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