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Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all. It is the world’s most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data. Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the ...
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Peer inside the 'Doomsday Vault' - as 14,000 new samples are added
The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on a remote Arctic island might sound like something from the latest James Bond movie. But the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is very much real - and could one day ...
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The Ultimate Seed Vault Backup? How About The Moon
Not even the Svalbard global seed vault is out of the reach of climate change’s effects. A biological sample repository already exists in the form of the Svalbard global seed vault, located in a ...