FROM THE FIELD: Saving corals in crisis

Coral reefs are in grave peril, and the consequences of their extinction could be catastrophic. They support more than a quarter of all marine life, but 90 per cent could disappear by 2050, largely as a result of climate change.

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Coral reefs’ very survival is at stake, warns UNESCO in bid to boost resilience

14 Apr 2022

The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans.

Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish

05 Oct 2021

Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – a UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday.

FAO warns 90 per cent of Earth’s topsoil at risk by 2050

27 Jul 2022

A full 90 per cent of the Earth’s precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.