Hot nests, not vanishing males, are bigger sea turtle threat

Climate change killing nestlings with heat could be worse than sex ratios going too female

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FEELING THE HEAT  Climate change may skew the sex ratios of sea turtles (loggerhead shown), but that could be a small worry compared with the dangers of overheated nests.

Kostas Papafitsoros

Worries about climate change threatening sea turtles may have been misdirected.