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Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years: IUCN

The IUCN has warned that 96 percent of the world’s coral reefs could face collapse by 2075 due to escalating climate change impacts. Coral reefs, classified as “critically endangered,” are highly vulnerable to rising temperatures.

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Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years: IUCN

Nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075 due to climate change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned Thursday. In the first global assessment of its kind, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96 percent of the planet's coral reef systems as "critically endangered" -- its highest risk category.

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