Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts

Re:Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafro... by nonbel on Saturday May 20, 2017 @02:09AM (#14381259)

Thanks, so then the first line is straight up fake news:

>"It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world’s most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity’s food supply forever."

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Re:Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafro... by Serubin on Saturday May 20, 2017 @02:38AM (#14381300)

I think it's safe to assume that while it's not the immediate intention, it certainly can act as such in a pinch.

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Re:Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafro... by nonbel on Saturday May 20, 2017 @09:01AM (#14382179)

This story makes it sounds like it can't because the vault was not built to last even 10 years.

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