Inside Svalbard seed vault’s critical mission to stop our favourite fruit and veg from ...
Seed banks are a clever way to make sure that thousands - sometimes millions - of fruit and vegetable varieties don’t go ...
Business Insider India1 年
See inside the 'doomsday' seed vault, where billions of seeds are stored in case of nuclear war
you can see seed samples that have been shipped over from North Korea. The extinction of a crop is as irreversible as the extinction of an animal, and that’s what makes this vault so important.
Business Insider10 个月
Inside the 'doomsday vault' protecting our food supply from catastrophe
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault saw its largest number of new contributors in one day and now holds over 1.2 million seed varieties from 77 countries. Since 2008, the vault has been stockpiling ...
Daily Express1 个月
Inside huge £7m underground bunker in frozen wasteland that's the 'world's safest place'
The Global Seed Vault, nestled in the Svalbard archipelago ... The seeds are sealed in a custom-made three-ply foil package, sealed inside boxed and stored on shelves. The entrance of the ...
Business Insider7 年
The Global Seed Vault stores millions of crops from around the world
The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions of crops from any potential natural or man-made disaster. More from News The Global Seed Vault in Norway was built to shelter millions ...
Hackaday5 个月
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 ...
BBC7 年
Seeds hold hidden treasures for future food
Back-up samples held at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, deep inside a mountain in Norway, have helped to recreate the seed bank. The seeds from Kew will give researchers access to precious ...