Nerds Without Borders Saves Tiny Baby Adorable Turtles With Kindhearted Science

Here’s your heartwarming science story of the day!

An organization called Nerds Without Borders is helping to save North Carolinian Sea Turtles out of the goodness of their hearts. When the turtles lay their eggs on the state’s beaches, they could be crushed by unsuspecting tourists – so during the six-week-a-year window when the tiny turtles could hatch and make their crawl to the sea, the beaches are shut down.

But this costs NC some valuable tourists dollars, and also a six-week window is a long and imprecise time to be watching for tiny turtles. Now, NWB has developed a sensor that they place under each turtle nest that connects to a smartphone app. When the turtles start hatching (determined by seismic waves), the beaches are shut down. Cowabunga.

(via Engadget)

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