Giant tortoise at the risk of extinction

Leather or leatherback turtles - the largest sea turtle is at risk of extinction due to climate change.

Eggs newly hatched turtles and turtles are buried on hotter, dry beaches than they are
Causes related to leading climate change undermine species populations.

The turtle eggs are buried on hotter and drier beaches than before. This is the leading cause of climate-related stress, which causes the population of leather turtles to decline.

Leather turtles are one of the most endangered species threatened by catching and stealing eggs. The reproduction of leather turtles changes every year according to climatic conditions. In more rainy years, cold weather is cooler, more eggs hatch, less males and vice versa. After hatching baby turtles pull together to the Pacific Ocean. If climate change takes place as predicted in the study, the leatherback turtle in the eastern Pacific region will decrease by 75% by 2100.

The new study was conducted by Drexel and Princeton University and other agencies and organizations.