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Atlantic corals may be even more at risk of extinction than previously thought, per updated assessment classifying almost 1 in 3 species as Critically Endangered

11.13.24 | PLOS

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Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats
Two Critically Endangered coral species: Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) and Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) at Roatán, Honduras. Credit: Christi Linardich, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Atlantic corals may be even more at risk of extinction than previously thought, per updated assessment classifying almost 1 in 3 species as Critically Endangered

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Article Title: Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats

Author Countries: U.S., Switzerland, Kenya, U.K., Costa Rica, Mexico, Qatar, Italy, The Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Croatia, France, Venezuela, South Africa, Israel

Funding: DO; National Geographic Species Recovery Grant, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ BP; New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, https://newcollege.asu.edu/ FCB; Zoological Society of London, https://www.zsl.org/ BP; IUCN Species Survival Commission, https://iucn.org/our-union/commissions/iucn-species-survival-commission-2021-2025 BP; The MSC Foundation, https://www.mscfoundation.org/ EP; Eurofins Foundation, https://www.eurofins.com/eurofins-foundation/ None of the listed funders played a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish nor preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0309354

Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats

13-Nov-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Africa Australia Climate Change Climate Data Endangered Species Extinction Reef Building Corals

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0309354
Article Publication Date
2024-11-13
Article Title
Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, November 13). Atlantic corals may be even more at risk of extinction than previously thought, per updated assessment classifying almost 1 in 3 species as Critically Endangered. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2OEG41/atlantic-corals-may-be-even-more-at-risk-of-extinction-than-previously-thought-per-updated-assessment-classifying-almost-1-in-3-species-as-critically-endangered.html
MLA:
"Atlantic corals may be even more at risk of extinction than previously thought, per updated assessment classifying almost 1 in 3 species as Critically Endangered." Brightsurf News, Nov. 13 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2OEG41/atlantic-corals-may-be-even-more-at-risk-of-extinction-than-previously-thought-per-updated-assessment-classifying-almost-1-in-3-species-as-critically-endangered.html.