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RE: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates its 10-year anniversary by reaching the 1,000,000-seed sample milestone!

in #norway7 years ago

wow, they have more seeds than I expected, and yes, it is funny that a little permafrost melting destroyed the integrity of the seed doomsday bunker. lol.

As far as I knew, there was only one location that stored seeds like this, correct? I honestly believe that these need to be all over the world in case of something happening with transportation making it difficult to get them back to other countries.

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There are over 70 different seed vaults spread across the globe. Granted, most are not really built to withstand a doomsday scenario, but they are still useful for regional conflicts such as wars and other things that ruin the crops in an entire region.

We should probably have a few more ready for doomsday scenario as well. I have no idea how people are even going to get to Svalbard in the event of a doomsday scenario :P It's very difficult to get to this place, so just imagine how we would get there without planes and vehicles.