Health of Coral Reefs

The health of coral reefs - home to 25% of all marine species, is in decline in many parts of the world. As the oceans warm, coral reefs bleach from the loss of algae that color and nourish them.

According to the study “Climate Change Futures” (by the Center for Health and the Human Environment, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Swiss Re), 27% of coral reefs worldwide have been degraded by bleaching while another 60% are deemed highly vulnerable. Reefs in the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are now over 80% dead. Climate change, with additional ocean warming, could lead to a global collapse of coral reefs within several decades. There is a clear scientific consensus that greenhouse gases must be reduced for coral reefs to survive!


It is really important that we save the coral reefs!