Coral reef collapse drives world across first climate tipping point

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/10/13/first-climate-change-tipping-point-coral-reefs/86599693007/

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  1. From USA TODAY:

    Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth’s coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe.

    The second Global Tipping Points Report, released Oct. 13, said warm-water coral reefs – on which nearly 1 billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend – are “passing their tipping point.”

    According to the report, widespread coral dieback is taking place and – unless global warming is reversed – extensive reefs as we know them will be lost, although small refuges may survive and must be protected.

    Read more: [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/10/13/first-climate-change-tipping-point-coral-reefs/86599693007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/10/13/first-climate-change-tipping-point-coral-reefs/86599693007/)

  3. Maybe we should set a vague goal for 2050 that we will make no real effort to meet to address this.

  5. Coral reefs cover 1% of the ocean floor, and support 25% of all marine life.

    We’re gonna get what we deserve. Our kids and grandkids won’t, but we did this.

    But hey, stock prices, right?

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