Ice Against the Tide: Freezing Coral Larvae Can Save Our Reefs For Future Generations

Ice Against the Tide: Freezing Coral Larvae Can Save Our Reefs For Future Generations

Philippines. The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) aims to preserve the country’s warm, colorful coral reefs by freezing its larvae in a cryobank very soon. This is a significant step in saving our vanishing coral reefs, and is a bold step to preserve our quickly-dying reefs, the Manila Bulletin said. People often mistake corals for being underwater plants, but they are animals. Each coral is a colony of tiny creatu…