Climate change is caused by the gender ratio of the newborn turtle of the United States Florida Coast: Females in the past four years

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In recent years, extreme weather events in the world have frequently emerged, and many countries have continued to encounter heat waves. The temperature of the beach in Florida, the United States, has increased. Some scientists say that the newly -born turtles on the local beach in the past four years are almost all females.

According to the British "Guardian" reported on August 4, according to the National Oceanic Administration of the United Kingdom, if the turtle eggs are incubated in an environment below 27 ° C, it is the possibility of males. Most of the young turtles born are females. If the temperature is swinging between these two data, the male and female in the young turtles are born. Researchers also found that the higher the temperature of the sand, the higher the proportion of female turtles.

"With the changes in the earth's climate, the increase in temperature may cause the incubation conditions to deviate or even fatal, which will affect the turtle species and other reptiles." The National Oceanic Administration of the United States said.

Bette Zirkelbach, the manager of the Florida Reef Island Marathon Hospital, said in a statement to Reuters: "What is scary is that the past four summer has been the most recorded in Florida since the record. A few hot summer. "She also added," Scientists studying turtles and eggs have not found male turtles in the past four years, only female turtles. "

The increasingly serious gender imbalance caused scientists to worry about scientists, and they are worried that this will eventually pose a threat to the breeding and survival of the turtle population.

In the recently opened Turtle Hospital of the Miami Zoo, Melissa Rosales Rodriguez told Reuters, "Over the years, you can see that they have declined sharply due to the lack of genetic diversity ... … We did not reach the gender ratio required for success. "

In addition to more and more female turtles, Turtle Hospital is still trying to solve the turtle fibrous bastanga. This is a potential fatal disease that will form tumors in the eyes, mouth or internal organs of the diseased turtles. Zicklbach called for more turtle hospitals, saying that "the entire Florida has this demand."

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