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Hotter climate could turn sea turtles all-girl
2014-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Sea turtles are likely to be beneficiaries of a warming climate as hotter incubation conditions trigger a rising share of female hatchlings that could lift natural rates of population growth, new research to be published in Nature Climate Change on Monday shows. But gains will be temporary if temperatures keep rising and nudge populations towards becoming all female, or exceed levels at which developing embryos die, the study found. It will be end of story without human intervention. ''There'll...
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