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What the collapse of coral reefs tells us about climate change.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Above this amount of warming, there is a 99% chance that these coral reefs tip past their breaking point.
—Alexandra A Phillips, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Rising ocean temperatures, acidification, overfishing, and pollution are combining to cause coral bleaching and mortality, meaning that a large number of coral reefs will be lost unless the global temperature returns towards 1°C warming or below.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
Among the international highlights are Chile’s Awasi Patagonia, with a dozen villas on the doorstep of Torres del Paine National Park, and Australia’s Lizard Island Resort in Cairns, the only property on the island flanked by coral reefs and white-sand beaches.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Above this amount of warming, there is a 99% chance that these coral reefs tip past their breaking point.
—Alexandra A Phillips, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Rising ocean temperatures, acidification, overfishing, and pollution are combining to cause coral bleaching and mortality, meaning that a large number of coral reefs will be lost unless the global temperature returns towards 1°C warming or below.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
Among the international highlights are Chile’s Awasi Patagonia, with a dozen villas on the doorstep of Torres del Paine National Park, and Australia’s Lizard Island Resort in Cairns, the only property on the island flanked by coral reefs and white-sand beaches.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Coral reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coral%20reef. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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