(Family Features) The ocean covers more than 70% of Earth's surface, produces more than half of the world's oxygen and is home to more than 700,000 species. However, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists estimate if nothing is done, 90% of the world's tropical reefs will be gone by 2043, threatening 25% of marine life and impacting nearly 500 million people who depend on them for food, income and coastal protection.
Restoring Coral Reefs Around the World
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MISSION, Kan., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ (Family Features) If the world does nothing, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists estimate 90% of the world s tropical reefs will be gone by 2043, impacting nearly 500 million people who depend on them for food, income and coastal protection.
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However, there are groups working to restore coral reefs around the globe. For example, the SHEBA
® brand started work on the world s largest coral restoration program, which aims to restore more than 185,000 square meters of coral reefs around the world by 2029. Hope Reef, the beginning of this program, has been unveiled off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and was built to spell out the word H-O-P-E on the seabed using restored coral to show the power of positive change and spark action.
/PRNewswire/ Today, the SHEBA® brand revealed Hope Reef, the start of the world s largest coral reef restoration program to preserve and restore the beauty.