Three years ago, the emerald waters off Quezon Island—one of the 124 islets that make up the famed Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City—concealed a vast wasteland of dead corals. The seabed was basically all rubble, recalled marine scientist Dexter dela Cruz. Very few coral had survived the combined effects of bleaching and the increase in ocean temperatures induced by climate change.

Subingsubing, K. (2024, June 30). PH a living lab in the quest to breed 'super corals'. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A4.