Nearly Half of Assessed Reef-Building Coral Species Face Extinction Risk
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An IUCN reassessment found 340 of 774 reef-building coral species with sufficient data, or 44%, are threatened: 33 Critically Endangered, 251 Endangered and 56 Vulnerable. Projected heat stress was the main driver, and the analysis predates the 2023–2025 global bleaching event.
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