Marine biobanks: the science of 'stopping time' for an ecosystem under pressure
- In labs around the world, the ocean is being kept in jars.
- Some of it is alive, bubbling in flasks, while some lies frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- These marine biobanks are collections of coral cells, algae, bacteria and other living materials that scientists are working to preserve before warming seas and disappearing habitats consume them.
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- In labs around the world, the ocean is being kept in jars.
- Some of it is alive, bubbling in flasks, while some lies frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- These marine biobanks are collections of coral cells, algae, bacteria and other living materials that scientists are working to preserve before warming seas and disappearing habitats consume them.
Sources: RFI