Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as "critically endangered".
Al Jazeera English reports: World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as "critically endangered".
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