The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was created two years ago as a repository of the Earth’s seed supply, to “safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe.”
On Thursday, the vault crossed a major threshold with the addition of the 500,000th seed, coming close to ensuring that the planet’s existing agricultural diversity would be preserved if a major disaster struck.
How secure is the facility? What kind of disasters can it withstand? Read the article from the Discovery Channel to find out.
Posted by Michael Lucivero.