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 ...

Deep within the Arctic Circle on the remote Norwegian island of Svalbard, you’ll find the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, often called the ‘Doomsday’ Vault. This remarkable repository is crucial in ...

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 ...

Svalbard, Norway, offers an unparalleled Arctic adventure, boasting abundant polar bears and extreme natural phenomena like 24-hour daylight and month ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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, ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It’s been dubbed a Noah’s Ark for plant life and built to withstand an earthquake or a nuclear attack. Dug deep into the permafrost of a remote Arctic mountain, the "doomsday" ...

As if construction were not difficult enough in the icy wilderness of Svalbard—an archipelago halfway between Norway and the North Pole—concerns about the global coronavirus pandemic have postponed ...

Asteroid 2018 VP1, dubbed the "Election Day Asteroid" because it's scheduled to graze Earth on November 2nd, has a slim chance of entering Earth's atmosphere, and even if it does it will disintegrate ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adriana Craciun, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food ...