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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

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 points 1 week ago

Please no....

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 week ago

Huh... Do you know if the IUCN factors that into their assessments?

[–] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

We're dead serious about construction and lighting on the beach not endangering their egg laying. Looks like it paid off!

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is indeed good news.

"We and our 1246 technology partners..." lmao no

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal will be happy to hear he's allowed to drown them again

But fr this is great

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Everyone liked that.