Prospects Now Appear So Bleak

More news to remind us of where we’re heading:

The pro­spects of saving the world’s coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.

A meeting in Denmark took evidence from researchers that most coral reefs will not survive even if tough reg­u­la­tions on green­house gases are put in place.

Sci­ent­ists proposed storing samples of coral species in liquid nitrogen. That will allow them to be rein­tro­duced to the seas in the future if global tem­per­at­ures can be stabilised.