@mgodfreyST

Sea turtle biologist in eastern North Carolina, hence posts mostly about turtles (and general coastal/marine conservation)

 Eastern North Carolina, USA
Joined July 2012
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Excellent contribution by @andrew5maurer on climate change and sea turtles doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab0…
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Replying to @NCAquariumatPKS @NCWRCInTheField @NCWildlife @mgodfreyST
Our guesses are a baby burrfish or an anemone that hasn’t been feeding!
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Rachel Noble@WaterUNC20 Jul 2019
This generation is fantastic, animated, engaged, curious. @UNC @UNCResearch. Thank you @mgodfreyST for sharing your Saturday.
Rachel Noble@WaterUNC20 Jul 2019
We are learning about sea turtles with @mgodfreyST - juvenile green turtle, Chancellors Science Scholars @UNCims exploring for the day. This juvenile was from a gill net. @CSS_Science @WaterUNC @DrBrettFroelich
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The Associated Press
@AP13 Jul 2019
Rare giant loggerhead sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast. Scientists are crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than 30 years ago. apne.ws/2MUZMXb

Rare sea turtles smash nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rare sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast, with scientists crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than...

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As of July 16 at noon, 329 sea turtle nests have been found at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. That's estimated to be almost 11,000 eggs! nps.gov/caha/learn/news/sea-…
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Bon voyage sea turtles! Today 3 of our rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle ambassadors were released by US Coast Guard Station Fort Macon @USCG Station Fort Macon & @NCWildlife took the turtles about 10 miles off the coast for the release!
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Analysis of 30 years of #LeatherbackTurtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting data in Brazil shows their reproductive biology and #conservation needs. Just published @ESR_IR bit.ly/esr_39_147
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Summertime construction work on sea turtle nesting beaches is a challenging issue hurriyetdailynews.com/amp/fi…
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Good to see some recognition of long-term monitoring programs in Georgia and elsewhere, plus a nice shout-out to @seaturtle for the excellent online turtle nest database seaturtle.org/nestdb/ @coynedog @BrendanGodley @seaturtledotorg @SarahByTheSea05 @ExploreMiCO
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MT @ExeterMarine: @CasperGeer is investigating how we can minimise mortality of #GreenTurtles through #bycatch for his PhD with @LocalOceanCo. He is also investigating nesting trends and incubation temperatures #ClimateChange. #SeaTurtleWeek wp.me/p9zGYE-ep @BrendanGodley
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ProyectoCICTMAR@CICTMAR4 Jun 2019
#Jun4 #TurtleTuesday in a very special week, celebrating the #WorldEnvironmentDay and the #WorldOceansDay ... #turtles are a very key part of both...support their conservation @Laura33477 @_AndreaAngulo_ @BrendanGodley @mgodfreyST
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Linda Campbell@linda_c_says24 May 2019
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@mgodfreyST did you know? – at San Francisco, CA
Itron, Inc.@ItronInc23 May 2019
Today is #WorldTurtleDay! With @ItronInc's #smart #streetlight technology, @insideFPL can remotely control the lighting schedule for selected streetlights and ensure that baby sea turtles make it to the ocean.
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#DUML students inspect a fresh leatherback crawl on Resaca beach in #Culebra
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#DUML students help with beach clean up at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St Croix USVI
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INDICIT-II@INDICITII25 Apr 2019
Today we launch the Twitter account of @INDICITII - a research project funded by the @EU_Commission 🇪🇺 Scientists from 9 countries will work together to better understand #plasticpollution and its impacts on marine animals 🐢🐬🐠 Please follow and share widely! 🙏
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#DUML students helping Dr Kelly Stewart deploy sand temperature dataloggers on leatherback nesting beach in St. Croix, USVI
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Very nice #OA publication of a comparative study concerning TSD properties of green sea turtles nesting on Ascension Island sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Replying to @UCFTurtleLab @mgodfreyST @erin_seney @Frankodtanko @UCFSciences
Dr. Kate, thanks for all you do! I am terribly concerned about leatherbacks , so glad to hear 7 LB nests so far. As I read the attached article, it made me ask if humans should incubate all the LB eggs possible in controlled temperatures. theguardian.com/environment/…
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We have been tracking a #leatherback #SeaTurtle named Kailani for the past 18 days, and she is getting ready to lay another nest. Check out her travels so far. #moveVis #animalmovement #animations #datavisualization @AniMove @Tags4Wildlife
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This is the result of human population increase, species struggle to survive. turtles laying eggs on a runway in the Maldives! @mattsorum @VisualPersist @BrendanGodley @BBCEarth @JustSeaTurtles @surfersagainstsewage @HugoSAS
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