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climate change

 Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5°F over the next hundred years. Small changes in the average temperature of the planet can translate to large and potentially dangerous shifts in climate and weather. Oceans are warming and becoming more acidic, ice caps are melting, and sea levels are rising

amazon turtles & What Can We Do?

amazon turtles are being killed everyday, the climate change is messing with their natural habitats. there isn't much we can do to help them, except have people on the beaches who supervise the turtle nests, and help them to the water and hope they survive. this effects all turtles around the world and everyone needs to take precautions to the situation.

turtles dig nests in the sand, and they lay their eggs at specific times during the year and usually at night.The length of the incubation period of turtle eggs depends on the species, but it is usually several weeks.The number of eggs a turtle lays also depends on the species, but can be up to 200.Turtle eggs have many predators, including small mammals, lizards, birds and humans.