Sea Turtles Appear to Be Bouncing Back Around the World<br />Dr. Mazaris and his colleagues analyzed existing public data of sea turtle nesting<br />sites around the world over time periods ranging from six to 47 years.<br />Antonios Mazaris, an ecologist at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and a team of international researchers found<br />that globally, most populations of sea turtles are bouncing back after historical declines.<br />Many of these organisms are taking hits from a variety of angles — habitat loss, climate change and more —<br />that it’s hard to get a grasp on how to stop their declines.<br />Their findings support assessments made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature,<br />which lists six of seven species as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered<br />Their research helps clarify why some conservation<br />and research groups have reported both increases and decreases for individual nesting sites over the past decade.<br />But sea turtles may be an exception, according to an comprehensive analysis of global sea turtle abundance published Wednesday in Science Advances.
