A study warns that nearly all coral reefs face ecosystem collapse by 2075
Ninety-six percent of warm, shallow coral reef ecosystems face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075. Coral reefs bleach when exposed to heat. Nearly half of coral species are at risk of extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said climate change's thermal stress is the main threat to coral reefs.
- Ninety-six percent of warm, shallow coral reef ecosystems face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075.
- The IUCN's analysis examined 127 tropical and subtropical coral systems covering 188,362 square kilometres.
- Coral reefs support around a quarter of marine species.
- More than 250 experts assessed shallow water coral reef ecosystems across 127 tropical and subtropical ecoregions worldwide.
- The assessment indicates that only twenty-four percent of evaluated ecoregions would be critically endangered based on past trends.
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