Now climate change threatens turtles - Earthtimes
25 May 2012, 1:52 am
leatherback turtles have to dig through 80cm of sand after hatching on the beach. Hot dry conditions in current global warming conditions make this very difficult. Olive Ridley turtles and green turtles also suffer from dry season conditions during their ...

New Climate Threat to Critically Endangered leatherback Sea Turtles - Mother Jones
24 May 2012, 2:11 pm
Unfortunately, a warmer and drier climate is also exactly what's forecast for Costa Rica in a warming world in the coming century, according to IPCC projections... a whopping 3°C (5.4°F) warmer and 25 percent drier on the Pacific coast.

Climate Driven Egg and Hatchling Mortality Threatens Survival of Eastern Pacific leatherback Turtles - Elites TV
23 May 2012, 7:20 pm
Egg-burying reptiles need relatively stable temperature and humidity in the substrate surrounding their eggs for successful development and hatchling emergence. Here we show that egg and hatchling mortality of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in ...

Turtle hatchlings face climate challenge - United Press International
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
PHILADELPHIA, May 24 (UPI) -- Climate at nesting beaches of leatherback turtles affects survival of eggs and hatchlings, and they could be threatened by climate change, U.S. scientists say. The critically endangered species, already facing ...

Warm, dry El Nino weather puts baby sea turtle at risk - sciencecodex.com
23 May 2012, 5:32 pm
Climate variability associated with El Niño was associated with higher mortality for eggs and hatchlings of the critically endangered leatherback turtle, an effect that could be worsened by continuing global climate change, according to ...

Hot Nests Mean Baked Baby leatherbacks - New York Times
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
Now, climate change joins the list, threatening the survival of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific. James Spotila, the Betz Chair professor of environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia, says that in ...

Jellyfish Hunt Hurts Pacific leatherback Turtles - YAHOO!
16 May 2012, 4:29 pm
When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — on the rise, even — while others plummet. Now ...

Talking turtles in Tobago - Trinidad Express
15 May 2012, 10:04 am
In Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) when we start the turtle talk, what leaps to mind is the huge leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). It is the most recognised sea turtle on both islands. Efforts to protect these animals are well known particularly in Trinidad ...

Hope remains in conserving Malaysia's three turtle species - AsiaOne
7 May 2012, 8:36 pm
MALAYSIA - In retrospect, it is easy to see how the wheels of the Malaysian leatherback turtle's rapid decline were set in motion long before anyone truly understood the gravity of what was happening. Once a prime attraction of Malaysia's burgeoning ...