Totally cool turtles may help save species

11 Feb 2019
Turtle
More than 99 per cent of juvenile green turtles in the feeding grounds of the northern Great Barrier Reef stock are female.

A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland’s Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.

Researchers from The University of Queensland and WWF Australia are testing techniques including cooling a small number of nests nightly with sea water, and shading others with structures made from palm fronds. 

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