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alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

More than 100,000 African seeds put in Svalbard vault for safekeeping

www.theguardian.com

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More than 100,000 African seeds put in Svalbard vault for safekeeping

www.theguardian.com

alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Seeds of 177 species from across Africa to be stored in Norway to preserve crop diversity in case of disaster
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  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Thanks for sharing. I need positive conservation news to keep me sane.

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    Isn’t that the vault that is unstable as we underestimated climate change?

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      Yes, if we don’t have need of the seeds within about a hundred years they’ll all be lost.

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      It is still one of our best bets which are somewhat publically accessible (as far as I understand)

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    I wonder what the power source for that vault is.

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      I don’t have a source, but I seem to recall it’s some form of geothermal.

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