Rising seas could flood olive ridley nesting sites by 2050: study

Category : Climate Change | Location : Odisha  | Posted on 2023-05-01 09:07:32

Should warming continue under moderate climate-change scenarios, leave alone drastic ones, some sea-turtle nesting habitats, including those of the olive ridleys that visit India every year, will be completely flooded by 2050. In more extreme emissions scenarios, they could completely vanish, a new study has found.