How Can an ACR Data Logger Help Protect Sea Turtles?
A sea turtle’s life is a struggle starting from the day it is hatched. Did you know that for every one thousand sea turtle eggs laid, only one turtle reaches full adulthood? This reduced rate is due to an increasing number of external stressors. For instance, some turtles are hunted for their shells, eggs, and meat. Others lose their beach habitats to human developmental plans. Oil spills and harmful marine debris also add to contaminating their beaches and waters. Today’s deteriorating environmental state due to climate change is putting our turtles at an ever-increasing existential threat. Stronger storms lead to rising sea levels, which further destroys and erodes their habitats. Warming seas change sea currents, possibly introducing turtles to new predators. Since the temperature of the sand on beaches where female turtles nest determines the gender of turtle offspring during incubation, scientists have believed for a long time that sea turtles might be entering the extinct...