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Brazilian Volunteer Divers Are Killing a Beautiful Coral to Protect the Cagarras Islands Off Rio

Off Ipanema, ICMBio and volunteer divers pull invasive sun coral by hand. A project that has removed 230,000 corals says repeated removal can drive it to zero.

Nov 8, 2026

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IUCN's First Red List of Coral Reef Ecosystems Rates 96 Percent of Shallow Reefs Critically Endangered

122 of 127 reef ecoregions are in the top threat category once projected heat stress is counted, but the assessors stress that most reefs still have living coral and the window to act remains open.

Oct 29, 2026