The difficulties of the Svalbard seed repository illustrate why we need to prevent climate disaster rather than plan for it ...

HALF-BURIED in an Arctic mountain, on an island between Norway and the North Pole, protrudes a giant metal wedge. And while ...

A SECLUDED island nestled in the Arctic Ocean is the home to a dangerous apex predator and a “Doomsday” vault. Boasting ...

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SCIENTISTS have a new plan B for humanity, should life as we know it heads towards extinction. Hidden in a salt cave in ...

This is where seed saving comes into play on a global scale. Across the world, there are facilities known as seed banks or genetic banks. The most famous of these is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault ...

The proposed lunar vault would operate much like the existing global seed vault at Svalbard, Norway. Situated hundreds of ...

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If calamity strikes our planet, a team at the Smithsonian argues that the only way to protect the DNA of at-risk creatures is ...

The Arctic frequently experiences temperatures that support the formation of mixed-phase clouds that contain supercooled ...

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There are about 270 polar bears on the 38,000 sq-km island. So dangerous are polar bear attacks that locals cannot venture ...