Twenty-five years ago, a landmark paper warned that the world's coral reefs could vanish by 2050. Now, halfway to that projected date (and amid ever more frequent coral bleaching events), that grim prediction feels increasingly close to reality. What is the current state of Earth's coral reefs, and what would happen to our planetary home without them?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://thegreatsimplification.libsyn.com/will-coral-reefs-be-gone-by-2050-how-bleaching-acidification-and-ocean-heating-are-killing-coral-reefs-with-ove-hoegh-guldberg