Rising temperatures have made beach sand so warm that eggs incubate above 31C and are overwhelmingly born female – experts

Nearly every sea turtle born on the beaches of Florida in the past four years has been female, according to scientists.

The spike in female baby turtles comes as a result of intense heatwaves triggered by a growing climate crisis that is significantly warming up the sands on some beaches, as CNN reported this week.

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