Friday, 9 February 2007

The Doomsday Vault

The final design for a Doomsday Vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government. The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole.

The seed vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes, such as nuclear war, asteroid strikes and climate change. Construction begins in March, and the seed bank is scheduled to open in 2008.

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

If they don't keep the weed seed then this is a waste of time. Most important crop we have ever known. only in the last 100 hysterical years have we farked it up. Never smoked.

eedetik said...

Reka bentuk akhir untuk Keberangkatan Doomsday yang akan menempatkan biji benih dari semua jenis tanaman makanan yang diketahui telah diperkenalkan oleh pemerintah Norway. Svalbard International Seed Vault akan situs prediksi bola dibina di tepi gunung di sebuah pulau terpencil berhampiran Kutub Utara.