Marine biobanks: the science of 'stopping time' for an ecosystem under pressure

According to RFI, scientists worldwide are preserving ocean life in marine biobanks—living collections of coral, algae, and bacteria frozen or stored alive in labs. It's a biological backup plan for ecosystems threatened by warming seas and vanishing habitats, essentially stopping time for species racing toward extinction.

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