Happy Sea Turtle Week!
Saturday, Jul 11, 2020
This week and next, organizations worldwide are celebrating the second annual Sea Turtle Week, a nine-day global effort to raise awareness of sea turtles and the oceans they inhabit. Sea Turtle Week kicked off on June 8 with World Oceans Day and culminates with World Sea Turtle Day on June 16.
Ocean science is one of ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ’s research priorities and I’m especially proud of the sea turtle research and conservation efforts taking place at ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and our Boca Raton campus. Many of our faculty and students’ studies have received national media attention, including Dr. Annie Page-Karjian’s work on the survival rates of green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis, a virus that causes tumors; and Dr. Jeanette Wyneken’s research on sex ratios in loggerhead sea turtle nests. ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ will highlight their stories — and more — on social media through June 16.
To learn more about the university’s sea turtle research and conservation efforts, both during Sea Turtle Week and in the future, follow ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Harbor Branch on , and , as well as ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ on , and .
Ocean science is one of ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ’s research priorities and I’m especially proud of the sea turtle research and conservation efforts taking place at ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and our Boca Raton campus. Many of our faculty and students’ studies have received national media attention, including Dr. Annie Page-Karjian’s work on the survival rates of green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis, a virus that causes tumors; and Dr. Jeanette Wyneken’s research on sex ratios in loggerhead sea turtle nests. ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ will highlight their stories — and more — on social media through June 16.
To learn more about the university’s sea turtle research and conservation efforts, both during Sea Turtle Week and in the future, follow ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Harbor Branch on , and , as well as ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ on , and .