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Initiative “Women Photograph” offers $35k in grants to female photojournalists Photo

Initiative “Women Photograph” offers $35k in grants to female photojournalists

“Women Photograph”, an initiative launched in 2017 to support emerging and established female photojournalists, has teamed with Nikon and Getty Images to award $35,000 US in grants. Five grants of $5,000 US each will be awarded, as well as one grant of $10,000 US to a photographer nearing completion of a photography project. There is no fee to apply and submissions open April 1 and close May 15.

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Green sea turtles in Pacific rookery are turning 99% female Photo

Green sea turtles in Pacific rookery are turning 99% female

At Ingram Island off Northern Australia, the Pacific Island’s largest green sea turtle rookery, scientists have found that female sea turtles outnumber males by 116 to 1. Scientists expected to see a higher percentage of female sea turtles to males as warmer sand during egg incubation leads to female gene expression and climate change has lead to warmer temperatures in this part of the world. However, they were taken aback by the degree to which females outnumbered males.

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