Marine life on the brink? 96% of coral reefs could face collapse by 2075
Almost all of the world’s shallow-water coral reef ecosystems could face collapse by 2075, as rising ocean temperatures and increasingly severe marine heatwaves push some of the planet’s richest marine habitats towards a critical tipping point.According to a global assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 96 percent of shallow-water coral reef…