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     • The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing devastating coral bleaching due to the highest sea temperatures in 400 years, driven by human-induced climate change, with scientists calling for urgent global action.
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2. theconversation.com › humanity-is-failing-official‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to ...

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   Aug 24, 2024 · It confirms what scientists have long known: humanity is killing the Great Barrier Reef, and other reefs around the world, by failing to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global...

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   Why is coral extinction a problem?

   • As a result, corals struggle to build and maintain their skeletons, which leads to weaker reefs that are more susceptible to damage. Currently, we are losing our corals at an unprecedented level around the globe. Here are five reasons why the extinction of these invaluable species should be prevented at all costs.

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   Are coral reefs really dead?

   • Some corals, which were large enough to be decades or centuries old — colonies can live for thousands of years — were completely dead and covered in green and red algae. This reef may be one of the healthiest in the Caribbean — but it isn’t healthy. It’s sick, and it is literally dying before our eyes.

   This Coral Reef Has Given Scientists Hope for Years. Now They’re

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   What happens if coral reefs deteriorate?

   • As reefs deteriorate, industries like tourism and fisheries that rely on healthy reefs could suffer significant financial losses, leading to job losses and reduced income for millions of people in coastal communities. Estimates vary, but the value of ecosystem services provided by coral reefs could run into the trillions of dollars.

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   Will we lose the Great Barrier Reef?

   • In fact, the Great Barrier Reef is the for at least 400 years. Unless humanity takes dramatic action to halt climate change, we will lose the beautiful, complex reefs that have existed on Earth for millennia. As this latest report shows, even governments and officials now acknowledge this fact.

   ‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the

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4. unu.edu › 5-reasons-protect-future-our-coral-reefs5 Reasons to Protect the Future of Our Coral Reefs

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   Aug 21, 2024 · Currently, we are losing our corals at an unprecedented level around the globe. Here are five reasons why the extinction of these invaluable species should be prevented at all costs. Marine species depend on coral reefs for their survival

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6. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/08/24Great Barrier Reef on one-way path to decay thanks to climate ...

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   Aug 24, 2024 · Relatively few coral reefs died in the 2020-2022 bleaching event and the general absence of cyclone damage meant coral was able to recuperate at a rate faster than expected. The federal government has announced a further $192 million in funding for water quality programs for the reef.

7. www.theatlantic.com › science › archiveThe Corals That Survive Climate Change Will Be Unrecognizable

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   Aug 28, 2024 · If the reefs ringing the Maldives die, an entire nation could erode into the sea. Humans live in these places because corals exist. The Earth that humans evolved on, in other words, is a coral...

8. dialogue.earth › en › climateCoral reef restorers struggle as temperatures soar

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   Sep 2, 2024 · The state of coral reefs globally has led to increasingly alarming warnings from scientists, as ocean temperatures have broken records month after month in 2023 and 2024. After summer 2023, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) extended its alert scale for coral heat warnings.

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10. pulitzercenter.org › stories › coral-reef-has-givenThis Coral Reef Has Given Scientists Hope for Years. Now They ...

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    Aug 19, 2024 · Over the last decade, a sickness called stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been spreading in the Caribbean and killing off a huge portion of the region’s hard, reef-building corals. Last spring, it appeared for the first time in Bonaire, where its impact has been quick and brutal.

11. yaleclimateconnections.org › 2024 › 08The bold plan to save coral reefs » Yale Climate Connections

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    Aug 21, 2024 · In that one catastrophic year, the planet lost 16% of all coral reef cover. A report issued by the Australian Institute of Marine Science in late 1998 acknowledged that the reefs could regrow if “this is just a severe, one-off event.”