the-future-now:

Climate change is causing sea turtle eggs to cook in the sand

  • The dangerous effects of climate change are no longer a far-off possibility. Just ask the baby sea turtles.
  • From
    the very second sea turtles are born they are in a fight for survival.
    After they dig their way to sand’s surface they must beware of every
    predator and every obstacle in their path to the cool ocean waters.
  •  In
    fact, only an estimated one in 1,000
    sea turtles survive into adulthood.
  • And now it appears humans have
    caused one more obstacle for these tiny creatures, even before they
    hatch. Read more (6/16/17)

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