Australia's Great Barrier Reef is under serious threat as warming waters kill off large swaths of corals. But it's not "in danger" — at least not according to UNESCO.
The United Nations cultural body this week voted to leave the 133,000-square-mile World Heritage Site off its list of endangered sites, which is the last stage before a site is delisted altogether. Perplexingly, the same body last month warned the Great Barrier Reef will be dead by the end of this century unless countries sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
So, why the disconnect?
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