スミソニアン博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (スミソニアン博物館Instagram)「Next time you take a deep breath, thank your friends under the sea. When the ocean is healthy, Earth is happy. Coral reefs help maintain the ocean's health as one of its most important ecosystems, providing habitat for about a quarter of marine life. However, since 1950, Earth has lost about half of its coral reefs. Scientists from our @SmithsonianZoo and around the world are working together to protect the coral population. One method is a cryopreservation technique called isochoric vitrification, which opens the door to collecting and preserving coral fragments easily and rapidly at an urgent moment for coral worldwide. Research is still being done to perfect this process with a goal to save as many corals as possible by 2030. Credit: Stephani Gordon/Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute」12月6日 1時55分