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Coral reefs are essential to healthy coasts and vibrant economies, playing a critical role in everything from protecting lives and property to supporting thousands of businesses. Climate change is the biggest threat to the world’s coral reefs, causing mass bleaching , among other things. More @Wikipedia
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- Coral Reefs - UNEP - UN Environment ProgrammeCoral reefs are the most vulnerable marine ecosystem to climate change, and up to 90 per cent of corals could be lost by 2050, even if warming is limited to an increase of 1.5°C. The IPCC estimates that up to 99 per cent of coral could be lost with 2°C of warming.
- Coral Reefs and Corals - Smithsonian OceanCoral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with perhaps one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter. This is a remarkable statistic when you consider that reefs cover just a tiny fraction (less than one percent) of the earth’s surface and less than two percent of the ocean bottom.
- Coral Reefs - National Geographic SocietyCoral reefs are important ocean habitats and offer a compelling case of the risks of climate change. Reefs provide a large fraction of Earth’s biodiversity —they have been called “the rainforests of the seas.”
- Coral reef ecosystems - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationCoral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Coral polyps, the animals primarily responsible for building reefs, can take many forms: large reef building colonies, graceful flowing fans, and even small, solitary organisms.
- Coral reef | Description, Geochemistry, Origins, & Threats - BritannicaCoral reef, ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas by algae and the calcareous skeletons of coral polyps and other coelenterates. A coral reef may grow into a permanent coral island. Often called ‘rainforests of the sea,’ coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of organisms.
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