Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁

Great Barrier Reef
繁:大堡礁
简:大堡礁

一項跨國科學研究發現,受溫室效應影響,澳洲大堡礁北部新孵出的綠海龜幾乎全部變成雌性,恐造成綠海龜性別大失衡,威脅物種生存。

大堡礁暖化 小海龜恐全變雌(2018年1月10日)。明報,取自 https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180110/s00014/1515520675477

On some beaches in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, climate change is causing almost all sea turtles to be born female. That’s not normal and it’s not good for sea turtle populations. It could even mean the extinction of that group of animals, the biggest population of green sea turtles in the world.

Australia: 99 Percent of Great Barrier Reef Sea Turtles Are Turning Female in Freakish Effect of Climate Change. (2018, January 9). Newsweek. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/australia-99-great-barrier-reef-sea-turtles-are-turning-female-freakish-effect-775359