Sea turtle strandings on the US east coast have elevated drastically

The variety of cold-stunned sea turtles washing up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts has elevated from dozens to tons of inside 4 many years

By Corryn Wetzel

A rising variety of sea turtles have been washing up every year on the seashores of Cape Cod. This Massachusetts peninsula is the location of the world’s largest recurring annual sea turtle stranding. The spike could also be linked to warming ocean currents, which may carry extra turtles into frigid Atlantic waters.

Every winter, tons of of volunteers comb seashores on Cape Cod for sea turtles which have succumbed to hypothermia. Surprised by the chilly, they will’t swim and are …