New Report Shows the World's Coral Reefs Are Declining Rapidly

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The world's coral reefs are under increasing pressure. In 2024, global coral cover fell by 8.9 percent, the largest single-year decline ever recorded. At the same time, the intervals between heat waves that trigger widespread coral bleaching are getting shorter. This is shown in the international report Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025, which is based on 21.1 million observations from 87,299 surveys at 36,886 coral reef sites in the per…