Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Global Seed Vault - This seed bank is being built inside a mountain on Spitsbergen Island near the small village of Longyearbyen. The bank will have dual blast-proof doors with motion sensors, two airlocks, and walls of... [more]

Svalbard Global Seed Vault - This seed bank is being built inside a mountain on Spitsbergen Island near the small village of Longyearbyen.

The bank will have dual blast-proof doors with motion sensors, two airlocks, and walls of steel-reinforced concrete one meter thick. It will contain up to three million different varieties of seeds from around the world, "so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future"

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a non-profit effort.

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UN chief visits 'doomsday' seed vault in Arctic

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited Wednesday a vault carved into the Arctic permafrost, filled with samples of the world's most important seeds in case food crops are wiped out by a catastrophe. "The world faces many daunting challenges today, one of the greatest of which is how to feed a growing population in the context of climate change," a bundled-up Ban told reporters after he toured the site in the Svalbard archipelago some 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the North Pole. "The seeds stored here in Svalbard will help us do just that. Sustainable food production may not begin in this cold Arctic environment, ... Read Full Story

Doomsday Seed Vault

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More than 320,000 seed species from all over the world are now safely stored in the Norwegian permafrost at The Svalbard Global Seed Vault . The vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes, such as nuclear war, asteroid strikes and climate change. The seed vault will be built 120m (364ft) inside a mountain on Spitsbergen, one of four islands that make up Svalbard. An artists view of the vault: Dr Fowler said Svalbard, 1,000km (621 miles) north of mainland Norway, was chosen as the location for the vault because it was very remote and it also offered the level of stability ... Read Full Story

Video: WMD Attack Protection Bunkers and Bunker Busters

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Private Bunkers Bunker Mentality: Mini Documentary Nuclear Operations in 1955 Test site for nuclear explosion … United States Military Bunker Buster Missile Nuclear Blast Damage Obviously, if a thermonuclear bomb exploded close to your home, you’d have little hope of surviving the blast. But what if one exploded 5 miles away, or 20 miles away? And what about radioactive fallout? Learn about a nuclear weapon’s “zones of destruction” — choose between a relatively small detonation at earth’s surface, which will produce substantial fallout, and an especially destructive large detonation at high altitude. Choose a Weapon… 1 Megaton Surface Blast : Pressure Damage 1 Megaton ... Read Full Story

“Doomsday” Seed Vault Opens in Norway

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By Kingdom Engineers I found this article to be a very interesting topic as we know that according to scripture, what the Bible calls “Daniel’s 70th Week” (a.k.a., The Tribulation, The Great Tribulation (2nd half), Time of Jacob’s Trouble, The Day of the Lord) is rapidly approaching. There will not only be nuclear warfare in the coming months, years; but there will also be a comet or asteroid striking the earth as well. I personally believe, and hold the interpretation of a Futurist , that there will be two occurrences, one from Rev 6:12-17 and another from Rev 8:10-11 (The bible even gives this ... Read Full Story

The town where no one is allowed to die

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Image: Kevin Cooley The tiny locale of Longyearbyen on the Svalbard archipelago of Norway is one of the world’s most northerly towns. In this land above the Arctic Circle, the sun shines 24-seven in summer, then leaves inhabitants in perpetual darkness in winter. University students learn to shoot polar bears in self-defense while kindergarten kids see physiotherapists to check on mobility issues caused by heavy snowsuits. And residents worry about the effects of global warming on their Icefjord, which doesn’t actually ice up in winter anymore. But if life in Longyearbyen is unusual, it’s nothing compared to the prospect of death: the town rule ... Read Full Story
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Seeds, preserved for the future

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