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Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts
No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change
The Svalbard ‘doomsday’ seed vault was built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters. Photograph: John Mcconnico/AP
Damian Carrington Environment editor
Friday 19 May 2017 11.39 EDT
http://tinyurl.com/m3e5j9n
No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change
The Svalbard ‘doomsday’ seed vault was built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters. Photograph: John Mcconnico/AP
Damian Carrington Environment editor
Friday 19 May 2017 11.39 EDT
http://tinyurl.com/m3e5j9n
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