Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...

Every year, it becomes clearer and clearer that climate change is extremely likely to affect our food supply; crops may not grow as well in certain areas as they did in the past, wildfires are ...

In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases and climate change. Today, seed banks ...

Nestled in the mountains of the world’s northernmost community, one building braces for doomsday, both in design and function. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard — between continental Norway and ...

Seed banks might not sound exciting at first glance, but they quietly play a huge role in protecting the future of food, nature, and even entire ecosystems. These facilities act like vaults for the ...

Scientists and technicians complete the objective of protecting seeds threatened by the war in a cold storage facility at an ...

As wildfires rage, oceans warm, and geopolitical divisions are becoming more pronounced, a quieter revolution unfolds underground and in climate-controlled vaults around the world. It’s a revolution ...

HAYWARDS HEATH, England (AP) — Deep underground beneath the Sussex countryside in southern England, millions of seeds are kept frozen in a vault built to withstand fire, flooding, and any other ...

Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...