Northwest scientists discover 'turtle power' provides a record of
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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.
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Kemp's Ridley Turtle
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The Sea Turtles of Africa: An Overview — The State of the World's Sea Turtles
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Turtle Shells Have Collected Nuclear Fallout This Whole Time
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Caretta caretta NatureServe Explorer
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Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean
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Turtle research and conservation project in the Philippines — Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines
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Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean
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Help Wildlife By Reporting Sightings – THINK TURTLE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE
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Sea Turtle Diet - What Each Turtle Species Eat
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Sea turtle nests break records on U.S. beaches, but global warming threatens their survival - The Columbian
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Georgia Aquarium Partners with Southern Conservation Trust on Box Turtle Nesting Research
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Bold Innovations Set the Pace for Research and Conservation — The State of the World's Sea Turtles
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Sea Turtles Smithsonian Ocean
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NSW TurtleWatch NSW Environment and Heritage