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Northwest scientists discover 'turtle power' provides a record of

Northwest scientists discover 'turtle power' provides a record of

Northwest researchers have discovered that turtle shells, of all things, can help track radioactive doses through time – like walking tree rings. Scientists say these heroes in a half shell could help with environmental monitoring at nuclear waste and fallout sites around the world.

Kemp's Ridley Turtle

The Sea Turtles of Africa: An Overview — The State of the World's Sea Turtles

Turtle Shells Have Collected Nuclear Fallout This Whole Time

Caretta caretta NatureServe Explorer

Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean

Turtle research and conservation project in the Philippines — Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines

Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean

Help Wildlife By Reporting Sightings – THINK TURTLE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE

Sea Turtle Diet - What Each Turtle Species Eat

Sea turtle nests break records on U.S. beaches, but global warming threatens their survival - The Columbian

Georgia Aquarium Partners with Southern Conservation Trust on Box Turtle Nesting Research

Bold Innovations Set the Pace for Research and Conservation — The State of the World's Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean

NSW TurtleWatch NSW Environment and Heritage