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99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female—Here’s Why

At the Pacific Ocean's largest green sea turtle rookery, a crisis is unfolding, likely thanks to warming temperatures. Will this become a global problem?

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  • manix
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    Lucky for them male turtles haha.

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    • leweb
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      Except for the ones who’re turning female.

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  • Gozzin
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    And not just sea turtles

    Since the sex of a sea turtle is determined by the heat of sand incubating their eggs, scientists had suspected they might see slightly more females. Climate change, after all, has driven air and sea temperatures higher, which, in these creatures, favors female offspring.

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