Climate Change Could Turn Over 90% of Green Turtles Female by 2100.

Due to an unusual biological trait of turtles, warmer temperatures can affect the resulting gender of turtle hatchlings. Currently, about 52 percent of hatchling green turtles, one of the seven sea turtle species, is female but that number could grow into an overwhelming majority of females as temperatures rise around the world.

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Posted on 06 de janeiro de 2019, 09:26 AM by