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<\/a>Although leatherback turtles only come to land to nest, beach habitats are extremely important in marine turtle lifecycles, as it is where females lay their eggs. With warming global temperatures, the ocean level has risen approximately 1.8mm per year, since 1961 and could continue to rise. This rise in ocean level, will increase beach erosion and reduce available habitat for nesting. Additionally, all marine turtles have temperature dependent sex determination, which means that a hatchling\u2019s sex is determined by the temperature in which it incubates as oppose to mammals, who\u2019s sex is determined by genetics. Marine turtle eggs incubate at temperatures between 25 \u2013 35\u00b0C, with eggs that incubate at higher temperatures becoming female and lower temperatures becoming male. Global warming temperatures can influence the sex-ratio of marine turtle populations and create female dominant populations.<\/p>\n
Ocean habitats<\/strong><\/p>\n As global temperatures start to rise, ocean temperatures will be affected as well. As ocean temperatures change, so will ocean weather patterns such as ocean currents. These changes will have an impact on leatherback turtle distributions as well as the distribution of their prey. Leatherback turtles feed primarily on jellyfish, which are sensitive to changes in climate, and warming temperatures can change the timing of their abundance as well as the location.<\/p>\n<\/a>