Global assessment: 96% of coral reefs threatened with collapse within 50 years

The International Union for Conservation of Nature warned that 96 percent of the world's coral reefs could face collapse by 2075 due to the growing impacts of climate change. A global assessment concluded that most reef ecosystems face a high risk of collapse over the next fifty years. The study described its findings as a warning, not a reason for despair.

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• The International Union for Conservation of Nature warned that 96 percent of the world's coral reefs will collapse by 2075.

  «The IUCN has warned that 96 percent of the world’s coral reefs could face collapse by 2075»

  Arab News
• Coral reefs are classified as critically endangered and are highly vulnerable to rising temperatures.

  «Coral reefs, classified as “critically endangered,” are highly vulnerable to rising temperatures.»

  Arab News
• A global assessment reported that reef ecosystems face a high risk of collapse over the next fifty years.

  «The world’s coral reef ecosystems nearly all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years, according to a global assessment.»

  WDSU
• The study described its findings as a warning and not a reason for despair.

  «This must be a wake-up call rather than a cause for despair»

  WDSU

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