Sir David Attenborough has said coral reefs could be dead within 80 years time due to environmental pollution and human “maltreatment of the oceans”.
Sir David said the combination of climate change, plastic pollution and over-fishing was all contributing to the death of coral reefs.
Sir David remained ultimately optimistic about the future of coral reefs in his documentary, saying: “We can turn things around, we’ve done so once before”.
The veteran broadcaster said the world’s oceans were “under threat now as never before” and the reef would be dead by 2100.