The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway holds millions of seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants, but this ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...

An Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island has received new samples from the largest number of depositors since 2020 ...

Because of its mission to preserve seeds through potential disasters, media regularly describe the Global Seed Vault as the "doomsday vault," or a "modern Noah's Ark." Singled out based on its ...

Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway Located in a Norwegian Arctic Mountain, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, commonly known ...

The Samudrayaan mission will send three crew members to explore the ocean floor at a depth of 6,000 meters, marking India’s ...

Billed as a doomsday vault protected by permafrost, the deposit has received samples from across the world, and played a leading role between 2015 and 2019 in rebuilding seed collections damaged ...

By Amelia Nierenberg The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in the far reaches of northern Norway, is meant to be humanity’s last resort. Imagine it as the world’s doomsday garden shed: a secure ...

An Arctic seed vault designed to safeguard the world's plant diversity has received thousands of new samples, marking the largest number of depositors since 2020. The latest deposits ...