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Nearly all coral reefs at risk of collapse by 2075, IUCN warns

Original: Nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075 due to climate chang

The International Union for Conservation of Nature warned that nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075 because of climate change. The assessment, reported widely including by The Japan Times, underscores the threat posed to marine ecosystems that support a quarter of ocean species and hundreds of millions of people who depend on reefs for food and livelihoods.

Why now: A major new IUCN warning about the near-total collapse risk of coral reefs is alarming environmental news

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