Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.

World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.




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