Associated Press
CALI, Colombia (AP) — Coral reefs are in the midst of an ecological crisis and are at risk of extinction, according to the United Nations Capital Development Fund. Research this year shows that 77% of the world’s reefs are affected by bleaching. It’s the largest and fourth mass global bleaching on record and impacts reefs in both hemispheres, the fund reports. In response, a special emergency session on corals was convened Wednesday on sidelines of the U.N. biodiversity conference underway in Cali, Colombia to discuss the latest science and call for increased pledges to a coral fund before a 2025 UN ocean summit.
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