Assessment: World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless CO2 emissions drastically reduce

UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre released the first global scientific assessment of climate change impacts on World Heritage coral reefs. Soaring ocean temperatures in the past three years have subjected 21 of 29 World Heritage reefs to severe and/or repeated heat stress, and caused some of the worst bleaching ever observed at iconic sites like the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Papahānaumokuākea (USA), the Lagoons of New Caledonia (France) and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles). The analysis predicts that all 29 coral-containing World Heritage sites would cease to exist as functioning coral reef ecosystems by the end of this century under a business-as-usual emissions scenario.

Assessment: World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless CO2 emissions drastically reduce - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Assessment: World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless CO2 emissions drastically reduce

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Wednesdays for the Planet Chasing Coral – Geneva Environment Network

Wednesdays for the Planet Chasing Coral – Geneva Environment Network