TLDR · SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
ADULT CORALS HAVE BEEN SAFELY FROZEN AND REVIVED FOR THE FIRST TIME
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A team of researchers from Texas A&M University in College Station successfully froze and revived small colonies of mature corals for the first time. The revived coral in the study only survived a few days after thawing due to stress from the process. Cryopreserving chunks of living corals could save them from extinction. Corals are dying and coral reproduction is struggling due to warming seas and acidity from human-caused climate change.