#ClimateChange - "Nearly every assessed shallow-water coral reef ecosystem on the planet faces an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075, with 96% being classified as Critically Endangered, the first global coral reef assessment under the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems revealed today. [...] Heat stress from climate change is the single most consistent threat driving coral reef decline worldwide. Ocean warming and marine heatwaves are causing mass bleaching events that trigger widespread coral mortality with increasing frequency. IPCC’s “middle-of-the-road” scenario, used in the assessment, projects 2.7°C of atmospheric warming by the end of the century, resulting in continued warming of ocean surface temperatures." - #IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources https://iucn.org/press-release/202610/virtually-all-coral-reef-ecosystems-face-high-risk-collapse-50-years-iucn-red