Courtesy U.S. Park Service
Boca Raton, Florida
Position:
26°22'N 80°6'W
Datemark:
August 1994
Mission:
Report on research on how sea turtles use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate; report on threats to sea turtles that nest on Florida’s Atlantic coast
Under Auspices of:
Earth magazine and Living on Earth
Results:
Radio feature and print articles
- Read Earthly Attractions: Sea turtles are uncanny navigators. New research findings suggest they read Earth’s magnetic field like a map, published in Earth
- Listen to Long Slow March to the Sea, broadcast on Living on Earth
- Read to Magnetic Migrations, published in The Boston Globe (clicking link downloads a Word document)