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- UN nature advisers warn the Great Barrier Reef could collapse before 2075.
- IUCN assessment finds 24% of reefs critically endangered, rising to 96% under projected warming.
- Scientists modeled 127 reef regions with a 2.7 °C warming scenario, making all 17 Australian reefs critically endangered.
- Dr. Mishal Gudka called the findings a “wake-up call” and urged rapid fossil-fuel cuts and local conservation.