World reaches climate tipping point with mass coral reef die-offs
Scientists say the world has reached its first irreversible climate change tipping points with the mass coral reef die-off due to warming ocean temperatures.
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Scientists say the world has reached its first irreversible climate change tipping points with the mass coral reef die-off due to warming ocean temperatures.
Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.
More than 100 nations, including the United States, have agreed to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.
"Coral reefs are really important to humans for a number of reasons. They provide us with food. Hundreds of millions of people depend on fish and other food sources that live on coral reefs."
