Outside Science (inside parks): Teens & Turtles

The Outside Science (inside parks) series shares stories of crucial, creative science. Each episode, produced in collaboration with Colorado State University, highlights the many ways young people are getting involved in science in parks. Part citizen science, part education, these videos cover topics such as sea turtles and light pollution, toxic algal blooms, and mercury levels in dragonfly larvae. Watch this and all the previous episodes on the Explore Nature website or the Explore Nature YouTube Channel.

When sea turtles hatch in areas with lots of light pollution, they can get disoriented and not make it to the ocean. In this episode, watch young volunteers in the Pensacola, FL area work to help turtle hatchlings make it to the sea.

Duration:

3 minutes, 54 seconds

When sea turtles hatch in areas with lots of light pollution, they can get disoriented and not make it into the ocean. This episode tracks the young volunteers in the Pensacola, FL area working to help turtle hatchlings make it to the sea.

Filmed and edited by Ron Bend, Colorado State University