Turtles to be climate change canaries “Turtles are a really good
way to study climate change because they depend on healthy
beaches as well as mangroves, sea grass beds, coral reefs and
deep ocean ecosystems to live”, said Dr. Lucy Hawkes,
coordinator of an initiative to develop adaptation strategies
for climate change impacts to turtles. As part of the
initiative, WWF launched a new website today, Adaptation to
Climate Change in Marine Turtles (ACT). “Understanding of how
climate change may affect the beaches, the reef and the open
ocean will not only benefit endangered sea turtle populations,
but also the millions of people who live along the coastlines of
the world and depend upon marine resources and environmental
services.” The public, educators, conservationists and
scientists will be able to share information and projects to try
to gain a better picture of how climate change will affect
turtles and what might be done to combat the impacts. According
to the latest reports by the International Panel on C