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The resort town is a popular destination for tourists on Egypt’s southern Red Sea coast surrounded by diving spots, including renowned coral reefs.

"We can still have fairly healthy corals in the future, but this requires more aggressive reductions in global emissions and strategic approaches to coral reef management"

The ship was conducting a survey of waters off the island of Upolu when it struck a reef and caught fire during a bout of rough and windy weather.

A coral reef is normally built out of lots of colonies of different kinds.

The message applies to most tipping points, said Kooloth, whether they involve tropical coral reefs or frigid sea ice.