Largest Coral Sperm Bank May Save Our Reefs
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These culture tubes may one day hold the key to saving ocean life.
They hold sperm collected from hard coral …
Frozen and preserved to rebuild coral reefs as they face die-offs due to warming waters and habitat destruction.
The Taronga Conservation Society operates the largest coral sperm bank in the world.
It recently collected 171 billion sperm from 31 coral colonies.
The hope is to bank all 400 or so coral species that make up Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
