Governments globally have been introducing measures to slow down the pace of climate change. The Middle East has incorporated drones to increase rainfall, along with underwater robots being used to monitor marine life.
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To conserve plant and animal life, the Emirates recently launched aerial vehicles that plant local ghaf trees. Adopting a similar tech-savvy approach, researchers in Turkey are using satellite vision to keep an eye on sea turtles, focusing on protecting regional species.
Turkey is attaching tracking devices onto marine creatures and monitoring their health. A part of this project is the green sea turtle Talay who got hurt by accidentally swallowing a fishing rod. Once the treatment was complete, it was released with a tracker to provide vital data.
Satellite data showed that Talay had travelled 10 kilometres the first day, providing insights regarding the species’ behaviour. At the end of three days, Talay had travelled a total of 30 kilometres.
This information is vital for conservationists as they will closely study the movements and seasonal patterns of the turtles. This will further enable them to protect them at nesting sites across the Mediterranean.
Before this, another turtle named Tuba was sent to the sea with a satellite tracker in 2019 and since then, it has covered 10,000 km. Some of the other turtle released from Turkey are Lycia, Belkis, Patara, Kadriye and Belek. Out of these, Lycia recently marked her presence in Tunisia.
