Impact Of Global Warming On The Nesting Of Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Climate change has affected us in many ways, but it was even more influential on organisms and their community. The Earth is gradually heating and we are left to deal with the consequences. Homes are being destroyed, organisms are dying, and resources are running low. Since 1880, Our Earth’s temperature had increased by about 0.8 degrees Celsius. Climate change is affecting the Earth and scientists say that one more degree will greatly affect people from all over the world. There are many consequences of climate change and each one has a great impact on all of us, but organisms’ homes are being destroyed and thousands of species are dying out. These organisms are imperative to our world and how it functions.

All over the world there is a subject that has an effect on us all, and that subject has come to be known as climate change, or more commonly global warming. Climate change has a huge impact on Sea Turtles and their nesting grounds. Specifically referring to the Sea Turtle’s ability to reproduce. Especially within the last ten to fifteen years.

The effects of climate change have enormous impacts on sea turtles. One of them being that the rise in sea level will disrupt turtle nesting beaches. Sea turtles usually return to the same site where they hatch to repeat their “ancient nesting ritual.” These direct impacts of polar caps melting, and sea levels rising, these beaches that were once nesting grounds are starting to disappear completely. (Conserveturtles.org, 2015)

The article, Will environmental changes reinforce the impact of global warming on the prairie-forest border of Central North America?, focused on the changes or drivers that cause the forest to shift northward. Winter has become milder, and human activities contributed to the global warming. Frelich and Reich (2009) talked about the northward shift of biomes that could result in the potential loss of forests of land in Central North America. Their article explored the important drivers of changing along the prairie-forest border in Central North America, and how the impact of the forests due to global warming. They pointed out the direct impacts on the forests in the Central North America, for example drought, climate change, diseases, insect invasion, and the deer

Towards the end of November 2014, New York Times released a staggering statistic regarding the glacial formations of the Glacier National Park, situated in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. What was once a resplendent 150 ice sheets mounted along the Canadian Cordillera just a century ago, had shrunk to a diminutive, possibly, 25 sheets. A staggering 16.6 percent of what had previously existed. Back in 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released that the levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, occupying the earths atmosphere have reached heights that haven't existed in at least 800,000 years. To further the exigence of reform, the IPCC had also stated that this immediate climate change was indeed the result of human behavior. This statistical information confounded me, bringing to mind the degree of revision in lifestyle and deforestation that must be duly addressed as a nation. Sea animals are directly affected as a result of human negligence regarding Global Climate change. Sea turtle eggs face a parlous predicament with the rising sand temperatures, exceeding the optimal 34 degrees Celsius, required for standard incubation. Animals and humans alike are promptly affected by the rise of Global Climate Change.

It has been observed through various researches that in the last century, average temperatures across the globe increased by over 1.3°F with an increase of more than two times in the Arctic. (Bates, Kundzewicz, Wu, & Palutikof, June 2008). The results of climate change can also be seen in changing precipitation patterns, increases in ocean temperatures, changes in the sea level, and acidity and melting of glaciers and sea ice (USEPA, 2014).

This report was prepared to reveal the effects of climate change on species. Climate change is a worrying issue that needs to be considered to lessen the degree of damage towards the environment. This includes phenological processes, which make species alter their characteristics to adapt to the changing environment. The species reported onto ClimateWatch could all be influenced by climate change, which can be attributed to their future endangerment or even

Climate change is something that affects our Earth many times in greater ways than we would like to acknowledge. Earth’s temperature has been steadily rising since the beginning of time, but we have seen a huge increase starting in the 20th century, when industrialization began to happen. The issues that arise from climate change are happening more often and at a greater scale. Recently we see the way that climate change affects biodiversity.

Marine turtles are impacted by global warming because they might have to change their habitat due to temperature change. Extremely high temperatures lead to high nest mortality in some places. Marine sea turtles reproduce very slowly. The greater egg loss could lead to a decrease in population size, increasing the vulnerability of these species to extinction.

For decades, scientists have collected all forms of meteorological and climate data. Over the past century, the temperature has risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit (National Geographic). Although this slight change is not noticeable in our day to day lives, on a global scale subtle environmental shifts are occurring. For example, fish have begun to migrate toward the North and South Poles as the ocean has warmed. Coral reefs have also been damaged, having been “bleached” by the warmer waters (National Wildlife Federation).

Reviews provided by top organization, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change indicate that climate change is likely to induce changes in temperatures and adjustment associated with ocean circulation, sea level, and ice coverage. Impact of climate change on marine mammals occur differently according to type of mammal and its dwelling place either deep-sea dweller or surface sea dwellers (Aguirre, Ostfeld, & Daszak, 2012). Marine species distribution is affected by multiple factors; ecological, habitat related and anthropogenic factors. Habitat distributed

Nearly all species of sea turtle are classified as endangered and are increasingly threatened by climate change. All sea turtle species have temperature-dependent sex determination. Female offspring of sea turtle species are produced at higher temperatures. A warming climate may drastically alter the sex ratios of sea turtles species and reduce fertility rates and genetic variation. High enough temperatures can also create single-sex generations. A 2009 study (Hawkes et. al) on climate change and marine that reviewed data to assess probable impacts of climate change on sea turtles, found that one of the data gaps in past research was data on unbalanced primary sex ratios. (x) Another 2009 study (Poloczanska, Limpus & Hays) indicated a lack

The Earth’s geomagnetic field affects sea turtles. It affects them by leading them back to their birth beaches to lay their eggs. According to the article “Sea turtles’ long ocean swim home” By the Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff. The Sea turtles do not have a memory of where they were born, but they

Global warming is the greatest challenge facing our planet. It is, in fact, the increase in the temperature of the earth’s neon- surface air. It is one of the most current and widely discussed factors. It has far-reaching impact on biodiversity and climatic conditions of the planet. Several current trends clearly demonstrate that global warming is directly impacting on rising sea levels, the melting of ice caps and significant worldwide climate changes. In short, global warming represents a fundamental threat to all living things on earth.

The global warming has a significant effect on the animal extinction. We all know that, global warming is what controls the heating and cooling of the earth. The seasonal change in the temperature plays a crucial role on the animal extinction in various ways. As the temperature changes or as the global warming takes place, the animals migrate from one place to another where they feel more comfortable and where they can easily adapt to the environment simply because not all the animals are able to resist certain temperatures. However, when they migrate to a new place, it also requires adapting to the new environment and condition. And when some animals fail adapt to the new environment for not having enough food or not being able to interact