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As apex predators, their decline can trigger cascading effects, including the collapse of coral reefs and fisheries.
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Nicole Busch, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
It's estimated that half a billion people around the world depend on coral reefs for food, income and livelihoods.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
Restoring ecosystems at scale, such as the oyster reefs around New York City, the Everglades of Florida, the world’s coral reefs, and the Amazon rainforest, will not only stabilize the climate.
—Tim Christophersen, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
The seafloor carpeted in ghostly skeletons of dead coral reefs.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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Nicole Busch, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
It's estimated that half a billion people around the world depend on coral reefs for food, income and livelihoods.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
Restoring ecosystems at scale, such as the oyster reefs around New York City, the Everglades of Florida, the world’s coral reefs, and the Amazon rainforest, will not only stabilize the climate.
—Tim Christophersen, Time, 13 Nov. 2025
The seafloor carpeted in ghostly skeletons of dead coral reefs.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Coral reef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coral%20reef. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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