The impact of climate change on Hawksbill Turtles
Posted on September, 09 2005
climate change has turtle conservationists worried about the long-term survival of hawksbill turtles because it threatens to compound all other threats and potentially push the species over the brink of extinction
Like other marine turtles, hawksbills are threatened by the loss of habitat due to coastal development, poaching, excessive egg-collection, fishery and other human-related mortality, pollution, and climate change. It is this last threat, climate change, which has some turtle conservationists worried about the long-term survival of hawksbill turtles because it threatens to compound all other threats and potentially push the species over the brink of extinction.