Study: 94 Percent of Tropical Coral Reef Habitats at Risk
regions – the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, the Red Sea, and the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. According to the study, 22 percent of reefs are threatened by local factors, [...] coral reefs in Southeast Asia thrive at water temperatures higher than those typical of the Great Barrier Reef. Reefs in the Caribbean or the Red Sea are considered particularly threatened. The different