Assessment: World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100

UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre released the first global scientific assessment of climate change impacts on World Heritage coral reefs. Soaring ocean temperatures in the past three years have subjected 21 of 29 World Heritage reefs to severe and/or repeated heat stress, and caused some of the worst bleaching ever observed at iconic sites like the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Papahānaumokuākea (USA), the Lagoons of New Caledonia (France) and Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles). The analysis predicts that all 29 coral-containing World Heritage sites would cease to exist as functioning coral reef ecosystems by the end of this century under a business-as-usual emissions scenario.

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Cross-Chapter Paper 1: Biodiversity Hotspots Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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World Heritage Centre - World Heritage Marine Programme

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Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic

Coral bleaching debate

Falsas catástrofes invisíveis e ameaças de destruição

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