{
  "id": 16210032,
  "title": "Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nearly-all-the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-at-risk-of-collapse-within-50",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T16:45:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/nearly-all-the-worlds-coral-reefs-are-at-risk-of-collapse-within-50-years-iucn-warns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}