In the article Climate Change and Sex Determination by Stephanie J. Kamel she talks about how the warming temperatures can affect sea turtles. Sea turtles are very sensitive reptiles and the temperature, location and when they are born is very important. These factors determine what sex the turtle is. During the middle part of a turtle’s incubation is when the sex of the turtle is determined. This all depends on the temperature of the egg at that time. If the temperature is higher, then the turtle will be female and if the temperature is lower, then the turtle will be male. Scientists are worried that if the temperatures get too high there will be less and less male turtles that are being reproduced. The topic of this article was about climate change and the determination of sex for sea turtles. The research question being answered in this article was, how will climate change effect the outcome of the sex of turtles? The data collection method used in this article was acts, behaviors and events. The method of analysis was quantitative data because the scientists were dealing with the numbers of turtles that were female vs. male.

I thought this article was very well written and was scientific with no bias opinions in the article. The author also made it easy enough to understand so that you did not need to have a science background to read it. I thought it was very interesting that the sex of the turtles is determined by the temperature of the egg at that incubation period.

Kamel, Stephanie J. “Verification Required.” Armacost Library. N.p., 2008. Web. 12 Feb. 2017. <http://0-www.accessscience.com.books.redlands.edu/content/climate-change-and-sex-determination/YB081550>.