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Temperature effects on baby sea turtles

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Baby sea turtles face an uncertain future. Not only do they run the gauntlet of predators, poachers, fishing gear, and plastics, but climate change is now a very real threat. High temperatures are killing baby sea turtles in their eggs before they hatch or causing fatal heat stress. Learn more about the effects of rising temperatures on baby sea turtles.