Media Miss: Sea turtle nest numbers up in US amid climate change concerns
Nov 24, 2023
By Shannon Longworth (Reporter), Alex Peebles (Producer), Zachary Hill (Editor)
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Despite climate change worries, sea turtles are breaking records as biologists in the U.S. report discovering the most nests since 2016. On beaches in Florida, preliminary reports recorded more than 133,840 loggerhead turtle nests and 76,500 green turtle nests.
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The record numbers are not limited to Florida beaches; other states, like South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia, have also seen a rise in nests this year, as female turtles made their slow journey up beaches, like they have done for millions of years to lay their eggs.
The increase in nests comes despite climate change piling onto the already challenging nesting process. Justin Perrault, the director of research at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, told the Associated Press that the world’s sea turtles aren’t out of the sand–er, woods–yet.
“You’ve got habitat loss and sea level rise and coastal armoring, a lot of these things that have come up pretty heavily in that last several decades that the turtle now has to combat,” Perrault said. “So particularly with climate change, reproductive output of all of these nests is actually quite low compared to what it should be.”
Roughly one in every 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings makes it to adulthood. A turtle’s journey from its nest to the ocean is already riddled with threats from humans and predators. For instance, hatchlings use the moon to navigate to the water, and light pollution from streetlights and hotels can confuse them and point them in the wrong direction.
While biologists are concerned that climate change will continue to threaten sea turtles in the future, warmer temperatures have already affected the species for years. Sand temperatures play a direct role in the gender of hatchlings, and more heatwaves in Florida over the past few years have made the sand warmer, leading to a gender imbalance.
According to a manager at a turtle hospital in Florida, an Australian study found that nearly 99% of new turtle hatchlings are female.
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As temperatures rise globally, a study by a Florida State University professor found that turtles will have to start nesting much earlier or much later than normal. Though nesting rates are up this year, the fear, according to the study, is the climate may be changing too quickly for the turtles to evolve and survive as a species.
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[SHANNON LONGWORTH]
DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE WORRIES, SEA TURTLES ARE BREAKING RECORDS AS BIOLOGISTS SAY THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NESTS SINCE 20-16.
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[Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium]
“2023 was our fifth highest nesting season that we have had in our 42 years of monitoring sea turtle nests in Sarasota County.”
[Melissa Macksey]
THE RECORD NUMBERS ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARASOTA FLORIDA BEACHES.
IN FLORIDA ALONE, FEMALE TURTLES MADE THEIR SLOW JOURNEY UP BEACHES, AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, CREATING MORE THAN 200,000 NESTS BETWEEN TWO SPECIES.
OTHER STATES, LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, ALABAMA AND GEORGIA HAVE ALSO SEEN A RISE IN NESTS THIS YEAR.
DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE PILING ONTO THE ALREADY CHALLENGING NESTING PROCESS.
Justin Perrault: “You’ve got habitat loss and sea level rise and coastal armoring, a lot of these things that have come up pretty heavily in that last several decades that the turtle now has to combat. So particularly with climate change, reproductive output of all of these nests is actually quite low compared to what it should be.”
[SHANNON LONGWORTH]
ONLY ABOUT ONE IN EVERY 1,000 SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS MAKES IT TO ADULTHOOD.
THEIR JOURNEY FROM THEIR NESTS TO THE OCEAN IS ALREADY RIDDLED WITH THREATS FROM HUMANS AND PREDATORS.
HATCHLINGS USE THE MOON TO NAVIGATE TO THE WATER, AND LIGHT POLLUTION FROM STREET LIGHTS AND HOTELS, CAN CONFUSE THEM,
AS TEMPERATURES RISE GLOBALLY — A STUDY DONE BY A FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FOUND THAT TURTLES WILL HAVE TO START NESTING EITHER MUCH EARLIER OR MUCH LATER THAN NORMAL.
SO, WHILE NESTING RATES ARE UP THIS YEAR. THE FEAR — ACCORDING TO THE STUDY — IS THE CLIMATE MAY BE CHANGING TOO QUICKLY FOR THE TURTLES TO EVOLVE AND SURVIVE AS A SPECIES.
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Sea turtle nests break records on Florida, US beaches
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Florida sees record year for sea turtles, but climate change threatens survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
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Sea turtles: egg record on the US east coast
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival – West Hawaii Today
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea Turtle Nests Break Records on US Beaches
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Sea turtle nests break records on Florida beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival – Boston News, Weather, Sports
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Sea turtle nests break records as global warming threatens
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
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