Every year on 8 June, we take a moment to celebrate the ecosystems which cover 71% of our planet’s surface – the oceans. In 2008, the United Nations designated this day as World Oceans Day to raise awareness about issues facing this critical system and what it’s conservation means for our continued prosperity. Among others,Continue reading “What can you do to help the world’s oceans?”
Category Archives: climate change
Project Update: Wave Exposure of Sea Turtle Nests
Identifying inundation and erosion hot-spots in the Florida Panhandle Inundation and nest erosion from wave exposure, storm surge, and sea level rise are major threats to sea turtle nests – causing localized mortality of eggs, as well as potential changes in hatchling size, morphology, locomotor function, and sex. Nesting females use several environmental cues suchContinue reading “Project Update: Wave Exposure of Sea Turtle Nests”
Funding Alert! New project investigating sea turtle wave exposure and inundation
A BIG thank you goes out to the Sea Turtle Conservancy (https://www.conserveturtles.org/) for funding one of our latest projects: Investigating loggerhead sea turtle embryonic tolerance to wave exposure and groundwater inundation through Florida State University! Every year, the Sea Turtle Conservancy oversees hundreds of thousands of dollars raised from the sale of the Sea TurtleContinue reading “Funding Alert! New project investigating sea turtle wave exposure and inundation”
FSU MTRECG Publication Update
It’s been a busy summer for the Florida State University Marine Turtle Research, Ecology, and Conservation Group (FSU MTRECG). In addition to the fieldwork conducted by the lab, congratulations are in order for Anthony Gillis, Natalie Montero, and Natalie Wildermann for their first-author publications! Anthony’s work, “Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtlesContinue reading “FSU MTRECG Publication Update”
Ware Marine Research and Conservation 