Buried deep underground. Able to withstand a ‘bunker buster’ bomb. In a location carefully selected for maximum security. Equipped with state-of-the-art electronic monitoring devices. No, it’s not a ...

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 ...

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern ...

OSLO, Norway Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop ...

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 ...

>LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AP) – 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 ...

The ancient Mesopotamians were so good at harvesting seeds from crops, they needed someplace safe and dry to bank them. Then, as needed, they took out what they put in. Sound familiar? Yes, indeed, ...

— -- A doomsday seed vault on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean opened Tuesday, creating a bank of more than 100 million seeds representing every major food crop on Earth. The ...

Natalie Aird, seed bank inventory coordinator at Seed Savers Exchange, organizes packets in a facility at the organization's farm in Decorah, Iowa. Often described as the Nobel of food and agriculture ...