Search results for: sea turtle

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15 November 2023

Pollutants may mimic female sex hormones, feminizing endangered green sea turtles

A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures

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10 October 2022

Taking a biochemical snapshot of sea turtle health

New Griffith research is using biochemical profiles from the blood of sea turtles as a tool to monitor the health of populations in the wild

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21 August 2023

Is flood pollution causing turtle strandings? Griffith researchers look for answers in cell response

Researchers at the Australian Rivers Institute are investigating the role chemical pollution had in green turtle strandings on the Fraser Coast following flooding in early 2022.

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22 November 2017

Turtle barnacle researcher tracking them down

The key to protecting critically endangered turtles could lie in their barnacles. While some people think barnacles growing on turtles...

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18 August 2021
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4 December 2020

4000 chemicals found in Great Barrier Reef turtles raises concerns of contamination hotspot

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in Great Barrier Reef turtles and fish species popular with consumers, according to a new report by Griffith University and the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia.

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21 August 2020

Gold Coast Bay Hope Spot embraces the harmony between city and sea

Gold Coast Bay is this week being declareda Mission Blue Hope Spot becoming part of a worldwide network thatraisespublic awarenessofmarine protected areas.

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14 December 2018
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19 March 2018
Science on the Go

Sea Jellies and bursting bubbles make for Street Science fun at World Science Festival

Calling all fans of science, old, and particularly young, to join in the fun of Griffith University’s Street Science (24...

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4 September 2017
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