Ocean Warming
Long-term shifts in global temperatures, often driven by human activities
What is Global Warming?
The technique that freezes coral fragments and preserves them for later use.
What is cryopreservation?
A creature discovered recently in the Atacama Trench
What is the Dulcibella camanchaca?
Impact of ocean warming on corals.
What is coral bleaching?
What is the goal of cryopreservation?
Storing genetic material and reviving corals
Geographic distributions and migratory timing
3 Impacts of Rising Sea levels
What is thermal expansion, land ice melting, and changes in ocean currents?
Used to prevent the formation of harmful ice crystals within the coral.
What is Antifreeze?
Temperature preferred by Tiger sharks
What is 70 Degrees F?
Increased levels of CO2 in the ocean
What is ocean acidification?
Cryopreserved material is thawed and propagated to be reintroduced to reefs
Range of temperatures preferred by white sharks
What is 50 to 80 degrees F?