Turtles are in a race against time to beat climate change, study suggests

The findings suggest the animals are likely to survive in a climate of +1.5C to 2C but not in the same places they exist today

An olive ridley sea turtle, as a new study suggests, turtles will likely survive a warming planet if they are able to migrate to new habitats before their own become unsustainable in a race against time to beat climate change. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Turtles will likely survive a warming planet if they are able to migrate to new habitats before their own become unsustainable in a race against time to beat climate change, a new study suggests.

The research, led by scientists at the Natural History Museum and the University of Vigo, used fossils to look back into deep time and predict the distributions of turtles across an increasingly hotter planet.