Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 1月12日 08時15分

One population of green sea turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is nearly entirely female thanks to climate change, according to a new scientific paper published this week.⠀
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Unlike most other animal species whose sex is determined during the fertilization period, a green sea turtle’s sex is influenced by the temperature surrounding the developing egg. That means the temperature surrounding its nesting site on the beach, also known as a rookery.⠀
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Turtle eggs incubated below 81.86 degrees Fahrenheit will hatch as male, while those incubated above 87.8 degrees will be female, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.⠀
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The new study, published in the journal Current Biology this week, found that 99 percent of juvenile sea turtles born in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef are female. The study’s authors also found that females made up 99.8 percent of sub-adult turtles and 86.8 percent of adult turtles.⠀
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Green sea turtles are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.⠀
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Photo by: Getty Images // Words by: Carla Herreria

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