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Discuss “Global Seed Vault protects plants, warns of dark future”

Last Tuesday, Norway took a giant step forward toward forcing the world to accept the reality of global warming with its opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen.

The vault, essentially a large icebox sticking out of a snow-covered Arctic mountain, can store 4.5 million seed samples from around the world — and shield the fruits of the earth from the destructive forces of humankind.

Sound a bit intense? It is. Built on the Svalbard archipelago, the Norwegian vault sits just 600 miles from the North Pole, tucked far away from areas of potential warfare or destruction. The narrow yet tall concrete form juts out of the side of the sandstone mountain, which is used to maintain a cold temperature for the seeds hidden within.

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