Turtle tumors linked to excessive nitrogen from land-based pollution
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Hawai'i's sea turtles are afflicted with chronic and often lethal tumors caused by consuming non-native algae "superweeds" along coastlines where nutrient pollution is unchecked. The disease that causes these tumors is considered the leading cause of death in endangered green sea turtles. The new research was just published in the scientific journal PeerJ.