Critical sea turtle breeding locations are at risk of flooding, and soon.
The study looked at leatherback, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley, and green sea turtles, all of whichemissions scenarios, nest locations, and the
topography of certain locations. That allowed them to calculate if the beaches studied throughout Latin America, the U.S., the Caribbean, and Australia would see enough sea level rise to flood critical breeding grounds for the sea turtles.warned that “pessimistic scenarios could be more accurate than conservative scenarios” of sea level rise. “Under moderate climate change scenarios, by 2050 it is predicted that at some sea turtle nesting habitats 100% will be flooded,” the study read.
Though sea turtles are marine animals that spend their time in the water, they need to lay eggs on land. Female turtles return to the same beach every year, and if rapid sea level rise floods theirtudy authors acknowledged that there are still some information gaps as to how well some of the sea turtle species can adapt to sea level rise. “An unknown variable is the potential for sea turtles to adapt to new scenarios.
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