The Arctic global seed vault has reached 1m varieties stored in its deep freeze.
The boffins are widely agreed
That protecting the Earth’s stock of seed
Would be very nice
So up in the ice
They’ve buried a huge pile indeed
John Moynes
Jim Richardson/NG/Alamy
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Good idea. Do you reckon there are gene banks too? Virus and bacteria banks?
The reviews for it on google are worth a read..
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Svalbard+Global+Seed+Vault/@78.2356772,15.4913249,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x15fa4670a5924662!8m2!3d78.2356772!4d15.4913249
I read this thriller a while back that the Seed Vault featured in…had to refresh my memory on the plot:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/5171894-the-doomsday-key
https://blogcritics.org/book-review-the-doomsday-key-by/