Scientists warn: ‘Climatological tipping point for coral reef death has been reached’
Even if warming can be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the chances of coral reefs surviving are virtually nonexistent, scientists say /National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The death of coral reefs marks the first catastrophic climate tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions. "Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2 degrees Celsius ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’," the Global Tipping Points Report
