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Svalbard Global Seed Vault

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Snøhetta-designed center may provide a rare look inside the world’s largest seed vault

Snøhetta has unveiled preliminary designs for The Arc, a proposed visitor center for Arctic preservation storage...

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‘Indestructible’ Arctic seed vault flooded after permafrost melts

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is supposed to protect all of the world's seeds, but climate change has other ideas....

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50,000 new seeds deposited in Arctic Circle’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Nearly 10 years ago, a group of scientists got together to build the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle,...

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Opens in Norway

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is now officially open as of last week, after nearly thirty years of planning. The...

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