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  "id": 16626605,
  "title": "Most of the World's Shallow-Water Coral Reefs Have Been Deemed Critically Endangered, Meaning They Could Collapse Within 50 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/most-of-the-worlds-shallow-water-coral-reefs-have-been-deemed",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-of-the-worlds-shallow-water-coral-reefs-have-been-deemed-critically-endangered-meaning-they-could-collapse-within-50-years-180989748/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The first-ever global assessment of these vibrant underwater ecosystems paints a grim picture: Climate change projections put 96 percent of shallow-water reefs at the highest level of threat",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Mongabay",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-23T16:45:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}