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Scuba divers dive in the Red Sea waters by a coral reef near Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula on September 29, 2021. – The Red Sea is home to some 209 different types of coral reefs, according to Egypt’s environment ministry. Healthy corals provide a habitat for more than quarter of marine life, besides shielding the world from natural disasters as storms and floods. But these reefs with their dazzling hues are threatened by rising sea temperatures due to climate change and global warming. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
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World has lost 14% of its coral reefs to bleaching from global warming

There are also early warning signs of climate change on South Africa’s coral reefs as elevated sea temperatures drive large scale bleaching

  • Sheree Bega
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