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the Norwegian government is planning to create the seed bank next year
at the behest of crop scientists. The $3 million vault will be built
deep inside a sandstone mountain lined with permafrost on the Norwegian
Arctic island of Spitsbergen. The vault will have metre-thick walls of
reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and
high-security blast-proof doors. It will not be permanently manned, but
"the mountains are patrolled by polar bears", says Fowler. |
It wasn't me. You can't prove anything.
2006-01-12
Redundant Redundancy
They are going to dig a hole in a cold place and bury a bunch of seeds
for future generations. If the environment changes people will have a
bunch of seeds to start over. If the environment changes will the seeds
work? I am all for backups, You have to have a plan for restoring
too.
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