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Tuesday 9 May 2017

INFOGRAPHIC: "DOOMSDAY VAULT" - THE WORLD'S SEED-BANK BACKUP


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In a remote Arctic island lies Svalbard Global Seed Vault (sometimes called the "Doomsday Vault"), a facility where all of the world's seeds are securely stored. They are meant to replace seeds from the world's seed banks in case these facilities are damaged by man-made or natural calamities. Learn more about this "Doomsday Vault" from the following infographic by Futurism.

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Top image: Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Credit: Frode Ramone/Wikimedia Commons.

[Source: Futurism.]

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