Scientists are racing to protect the world’s seeds from natural disasters and war. But what happens when those disasters come ...
At present, almost 2.5 billion seeds belonging to 40,000 distinct plant species are present in the facility.
On a remote Arctic island, scientists have swung open the doors of the world’s largest so called doomsday vault and offered a ...
In 2000, the Millennium Seed Bank project began and a huge vault was placed in a field in Sussex, England. 25 years later, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether it's for preserving the world's precious seeds or safeguarding ancient manuscripts, doomsday vaults are fascinating places ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The entrance to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Two-thirds of the ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a ...
The Millennium Seed Bank has more seeds than anywhere else but there are over 1,700 seed banks including the underground ...