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The word 'tundra' comes from the Russian language and it means a treeless, marshy area. The tundra is located in the Arctic Circle.


Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes


Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes
Researchers have discovered that the nutrients from unhatched loggerhead turtle eggs help to fertilize the dunes where they are laid. Coastal dunes, where turtles lay their eggs, are very fragile and the nutrients from the eggs help to enhance the health of the dunes.
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 11
New Scientist
15 AUGUST 1998, P. 11

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