Many of World’s Coral Reefs Will Be Gone By 2050: 25% of Marine Species Too & Half a Billion People Without a Job

Sobering news on a Friday morning: Worldwatch Institute is pointing out how global coral reef losses—19% of coral reefs in the world are dead, mostly the result of warming sea-surface temperatures and water acidification—is really a sign pointing towards a coming global extinction event.

And unlike the five previous waves of extinction that this planet has seen, this one is caused by humans. Oh, and did I mention that this one is likely to happen in decades rather than centuries, with a quarter of the world’s species wiped out by 2050?