![]() ![]() The idea of creating a big, international seed storage was not new, already. "This is a seed collection, but more importantly it is a collection of the traits found within the seeds: the genes that give one variety resistance to a particular pest and another variety tolerance for hot, dry weather," said the American Scientist in a 2016 report. Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened in February 2008 by the Norwegian government. The vault keeps seed samples – and duplicate samples – preserved under certain conditions for such an occasion in case it ever happens. ![]() It's known as the "Doomsday" vault because it contains seeds for every crop civilization would need to resume life in the event of a catastrophe. (MORE: Sharp Rise in Flooding Ahead for World's Poorest) 26, 2008, and functions as a giant icebox of sorts for the world's important crop seeds. Though there are more than 1,700 genebanks around the world that keep. The volume and diversity of the plant genetic material contained in the seed. "It was not in our plans to think that the permafrost would not be there and that it would experience extreme weather like that," Norwegian government spokesperson Hege Njaa Aschim told the Guardian. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was officially opened on Feb. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was the brainchild of Cary Fowler, a scientist, conservationist and biodiversity advocate. Kyiv, Ukraine The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with support from the European Union (EU), moved a collection of unique genetic samples from Kharkiv in the east of Ukraine to a safe location in the west of the country. As the Arctic continues to set record highs, the permafrost was pushed above the melting point, and water seeped into the vault which is built into a mountain, the report added.īecause the vault's interior is kept at subzero temperatures, the water only leaked into its entrance before freezing, and none of the nearly one million packets of seeds were harmed, the Guardian also said. Svalbard Global Seed Vault SGSV facility lies 360 feet inside of the 1,500-foot Platberget mountain in Nordenskild Land on the island of Spitsbergen in. The Global Seed Vault, located on Norway's Spitsbergen Island, took on water during the winter because of melting permafrost, according to the Guardian. In 2006, Norway began to build Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the ultimate seed bank-one that would survive all sorts of natural disasters-by building it inside a. The seed vault is owned by the Norwegian government and administered. A seed vault in the Arctic that's supposed to preserve the world's food supply for hundreds of years was partially flooded in recent months, and one of the reasons it was built in the first place is believed to be the culprit. Operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a collaboration between several players. The Global Seed Vault has been dubbed the doomsday vault, which conjures up an image of a reserve of seeds for use in case of an apocalyptic event or a global catastrophe.
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