climateadaptation: TURTLE NESTING MAP! From the stunning (STUNNING!) report, State of theWorld’s Sea Turtles. Many amazing photographs of sea turtles. Lots of GIS maps. Chock full of articles covering everything from the Gulf oil leak, climate impacts, egg saving programs, etc. GO NOW!  sexyactionplanet: Where The Turtles Are Groundbreaking! Or should I say Oceanbreaking? Scientists and volunteers from around the world have pooled together data of the green turtle and its nesting sites over a seven year stint. It displays a whopping 1,167 nest sites!  The map lists key nesting sites of the endangered sea turtle and landed the top prize in conservation mapping for 2011. Rightly so! It’s pretty tricky trying to save something you don’t know much about, and elusive sea turtles are shrouded in mystery.  For the full article, please click here!

climateadaptation:

TURTLE NESTING MAP! From the stunning (STUNNING!) report, State of theWorld’s Sea Turtles. Many amazing photographs of sea turtles. Lots of GIS maps. Chock full of articles covering everything from the Gulf oil leak, climate impacts, egg saving programs, etc. GO NOW! 

sexyactionplanet:

Where The Turtles Are

Groundbreaking! Or should I say Oceanbreaking?

Scientists and volunteers from around the world have pooled together data of the green turtle and its nesting sites over a seven year stint. It displays a whopping 1,167 nest sites! 

The map lists key nesting sites of the endangered sea turtle and landed the top prize in conservation mapping for 2011. Rightly so! It’s pretty tricky trying to save something you don’t know much about, and elusive sea turtles are shrouded in mystery. 

For the full article, please click here!