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Turtles Under Threat: Ocean warming forces leatherback turtles to travel further for food
London, 15 January 2020 – New research in French Guiana supported by Greenpeace, reveals that rising ocean temperatures and changing sea currents are forcing Pacific leatherback turtles to travel almost twice the distance to reach new feeding grounds after leaving their nesting grounds.