The ultimate survival resource is now open for business on a remote Norwegian island. Svalbard, Norway – already home to the Global Seed Vault – is now home to the Arctic World Archive, which is being billed as the keeper ...
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‘Doomsday Seed Vault’ Just Got Its First Withdrawal
The “doomsday seed vault” has had its first withdrawal. The Global Seed Vault, located on the Norwegian island of Svalbard – 800 miles from the North Pole – will lose thousands of seeds due to the Syrian civil war. The ...
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Most people never give the food they buy at the supermarket a second thought. They buy it, cook it, and eat it. However, if a cataclysmic event suddenly caused that food to be gone, what would happen? Suppose a nuclear ...
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