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...
Rising temperatures are putting the Global Seed Vault at risk
Global warming is putting Earth’s doomsday vault at risk. New research from Norway suggests that rising temperatures...
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,...
Photo of frail polar bear illuminates the tragedy unfolding in the Arctic
A photo of a sickly and skinny polar bear in Svalbard, Norway has gone viral, as tragedy unfolds in the Arctic....
Scientists discover 308-million-year-old tropical forest in the Arctic
A recent study published in the journal Geology shared some surprising findings: the icy landscape of Svalbard,...
Polar Bear Tragically Starves to Death Because of Global Warming
It's always sad to see dead animals in the wild, but the death of this 16-year-old male polar bear found dead on...