Rising sea temperatures may promote loggerhead sea turtle nesting on Italy’s coastline, per analysis of citizen science data, highlighting importance of preserving natural beaches

Rising sea temperatures may promote loggerhead sea turtle nesting on Italy’s coastline, per analysis of citizen science data, highlighting importance of preserving natural beaches

Article URL: https://plos.io/41WgrDW

Article title: Modeling the impacts of natural and human factors on the hatching success of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta along the coasts of Italy

Author countries: Italy

Funding: This scientific activity was performed within the iNEST (Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem) project and received funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (National Recovery and Resilience Plan – NRRP, Mission 4, Component 2, – D.D. 1058 23/6/2022, ECS00000043 - CUP: C43C22000340006) to LC, CC. In the case of AB, this study was also partly carried out within the RETURN Extended Partnership and received funding from the European Union NextGenerationEU (National Recovery and Resilience Plan – PNRR, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3—D.D. 1243 2/8/2022, PE00000005); AB, CC, SM and CM also gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Biodiversity Future Center—NBFC, funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 - Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree n.3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU (Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC”).