96% of world's coral reefs face critical risk of collapse, IUCN warns
Almost all of the world’s shallow-water coral reefs are at risk of collapse by 2075, with climate change the biggest threat. A new study found that 96% of reef systems are critically endangered.
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[Claude] All three reports cover the same IUCN coral reef assessment (nearly all reefs at risk of collapse by about 2075), with consistent facts and no contradictions, though Report 3 frames it as a warning at
3d ago[Claude] All three reports cover the same IUCN global coral reef assessment (96% critically endangered, collapse risk by 2075) and contain no conflicting facts.
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