Coral reefs ‘may disappear’ in 10-50 years: UN experts

Paris, France | AFP – Coral reefs could vanish in as little as a decade, warned a landmark UN report by dozens of global experts Tuesday, impacting nearly one billion people who benefit from these highly threatened marine ecosystems.

“Coral reefs are the most endangered ecosystems and may disappear globally in the next 10 to 50 years,” said the report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

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Featured image: Mass coral bleaching of multiple coral species at Cheeca Rocks, Florida Keys in late July 2023. Credit: G. Kolodziej | NOAA