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A global assessment involving the International Union for Conservation of Nature, University of Melbourne researchers and more than 250 scientists worldwide warns that every shallow‑water coral reef ecosystem in Australia faces an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075, primarily because of projected ocean warming. The same assessment reports that 96 % of the world’s evaluated coral reef ecosystems are now classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. These findings underscore the urgent need for drastic conservation action.

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