According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, green sea turtles had the second-highest nesting season on record for Florida, with 61,708 nests as of the August update. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said that green sea turtles have improved in status from "Endangered" to "Least Concern."
— https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/green-sea-turtles-endangered-no-longer/69119197
Green sea turtle no longer endangered
https://www.popsci.com/environment/green-sea-turtles-not-endangered
9 Comments
riskable@programming.dev · 36 pts · 313d
This could be a pyrrhic victory though, because the warming earth is causing sea turtles to all be born female. Which will result in a temporary population boom (what we're seeing now), followed by a total collapse:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7288305/
Zoot@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 313d
Please no....
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 312d
Huh... Do you know if the IUCN factors that into their assessments?
cymbal_king@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 313d
shalafi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 313d
We're dead serious about construction and lighting on the beach not endangering their egg laying. Looks like it paid off!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 313d
Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal will be happy to hear he's allowed to drown them again
But fr this is great
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 313d
This is indeed good news.
PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 313d
"We and our 1246 technology partners..." lmao no
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 313d
Everyone liked that.
TheMilk@lemdro.id · 0 pts · 313d