Track The Turtle Named After TODAY

NBC's Kerry Sanders, as part of the NBC News “Climate in Crisis” series, went to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida, for a visit to observe how climate change and pollution have affected sea turtles, which are essential creatures within the marine ecosystem.

Before, millions of sea turtles swam the high seas. Now, they are only less than a million of these reptiles, according to scientists, and they are all considered endangered.

Many sea turtles end up getting caught in plastic waste or eating some form of plastic garbage, whether it's a fishing line, drinking straw, plastic bag or pieces of microplastic, because they mistake them for food. Their plastic encounters can cause physical injuries or health problems.
Loggerhead Marinelife Center is on the front lines of the conservation effort to protect and save the dwindling sea turtle population. The center took another small step in healing endangered turtles when they released a 265-pound turtle nicknamed Today back into the ocean on TODAY Tuesday, who was brought in when she became entangled in monofilament.

You can track Today’s progress via the Loggerhead Marinelife Center website. Scientists expect that the now 25-year-old turtle can live well into her 80s, should she remain healthy.

(Image Credit: Loggerhead Marinelife Center/ Facebook)


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