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Global Seed Bank Gets Massive Boost of Samples as Earth Faces Catastrophic Threats

Environmentalists and researchers have sent 30,000 new seed samples to a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean to prepare for a global catastrophe. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which was constructed to withstand nuclear war and countless other disasters, is a safe haven for plant life. Recent deposits include seeds for vegetables and herbs from various countries, with the …

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Palestinian seeds join Arctic 'doomsday vault'

A "doomsday vault" in the Arctic designed to safeguard the world's plant diversity has received a new deposit of thousands of seed samples, including Palestinian ones amid war and hunger in Gaza, it said on Wednesday. More than 30,000 samples from a record 23 organisations in 21 countries were deposited in the vault in Norway's Svalbard archipelago on Tuesday, the …

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‘Doomsday’ Arctic seed vault gets boost as efforts to secure food ramp up

A 'doomsday' Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts to secure the world's food supplies ramp up amid rising climate concerns. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built to protect the world's food stock from disasters ranging from nuclear war to global warming, will add 19,500 rare …

Why seed banks aren't just for doomsday

Why seed banks aren't just for doomsday Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Credit: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) Across the world, strategic seed banks keep safe seeds that could replenish agriculture after a cataclysm. In this first batch alone, the team identified more than 1,600 genes in chickpeas that were new to science In this context, a seed bank's tens-of-thousands of samples, or accessions, …

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