Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Wikipedia
The seed vault is a common reference in different forms of fiction and media, often as an example of international collaboration, similar to the International Space Station, as a media symbol for the potential of doomsday scenarios, and a point of conversation …
Norway: 'Doomsday’ Vault Where World’s Seeds Are Kept Safe - TIME
Millions of these tiny brown specks, from more than 930,000 varieties of food crops, are stored in the Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen, part of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. It is essentially a...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
We offer safe, free and long-term storage of seed duplicates from all genebanks and nations participating in the global community’s joint effort to ensure the world’s future food supply. …
‘Doomsday Vault’ Protects Earth’s Food Supply—Here’s How
2018年3月20日 · The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a doomsday shelter for the food supply, is tucked into a remote mountain on Spitsbergen, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
Take a Virtual Tour of the ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault - Smithsonian Magazine
2023年3月16日 · Meant to protect crop biodiversity in case of localized catastrophe, this curious depository is often referred to as the “doomsday seed vault.” A member of NordGen, the gene bank of the Nordic...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault | Description & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月12日 · Svalbard Global Seed Vault, secure facility built into the side of a mountain on Spitsbergen, the largest of the Svalbard islands (a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean), that is intended to safeguard the seeds of the world’s food plants in the event of a global crisis.
Svalbard’s ‘Doomsday Vault’: Saving Seeds for Civilization
2022年9月5日 · The Doomsday Vault provides a safeguard against natural and human-induced disasters that may threaten other seed banks and impact food security, such as disease, climate change, biodiversity loss, and war.
This Doomsday Vault May Hold The Key Food Security In An
2024年11月16日 · Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic — and very real — value of seeds.
Doomsday Seed Vault Opens Doors to the World as it Turns 15
2023年3月8日 · Also called the "Doomsday Global Seed Vault," it is the world's largest backup facility for crop diversity and stores duplicates of seeds from seed collections and gene banks from around the globe, kept for long-term storage to …
The Doomsday Vaults of Svalbard - Life in Norway
2017年4月22日 · Discover the world's doomsday vaults for seeds and data. Deep inside the remote Platåberget mountain on the Svalbard archipelago lies the Global Seed Vault. The impressive facility is a fail-safe seed storage centre, built to stand the test of time and meet the challenge of natural or man-made disasters.