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Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns

Nearly every shallow-water coral reef ecosystem on Earth is at high risk of ecological collapse by 2075, according to the first coral reef assessment of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE). The RLE is a scientific framework for assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse. More than 250 experts assessed shallow water coral reef ecosystems […]

Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns

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