In Reunion Island, sea turtles equipped with beacons to help meteorologists

Loggerhead turtle Tiago moving in the sand until the ocean, in front of a crowd of spectators   -  
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In Saint-Leu, on Reunion Island, migratory turtles equipped with beacons are released into the Indian Ocean. Thanks to these beacons, they will be able to transmit temperature, depth, salinity and conductivity data in real time, especially in areas close to the eye of cyclones, which satellites are unable to cover.

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