lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
Svalbard... The doomsday vault that's supposed to store every known crop on the planet is in danger.
The vault has seeds from more than 60 institutions and almost every country in the world, collected from over 1,500 global gene banks that store samples of seeds from crops native to a region.
...extreme temperatures in the Arctic this winter — combined with heavy rain instead of snow — led to melting permafrost that gushed into the tunnel leading into the vault, ................., raising questions about whether the doomsday vault will survive a warming planet.
posolet: Brazil was and still devastating their natural resources. A movement to stop it was growing up in the Amazon. The leader of that movement was killed. I can't remember his name, maybe 'Chavez'?
Are you thinking maybe of Chico Mendes. Chavez was a former dictator/president of Venezuela.
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The doomsday vault that's supposed to store every known crop on the planet is in danger.
The vault has seeds from more than 60 institutions and almost every country in the world, collected from over 1,500 global gene banks that store samples of seeds from crops native to a region.
...extreme temperatures in the Arctic this winter — combined with heavy rain instead of snow — led to melting permafrost that gushed into the tunnel leading into the vault, ................., raising questions about whether the doomsday vault will survive a warming planet.