Norway to Build Doomsday Seed Bank

Kagu writes "According to the BBC, Norway is planning to build a Seed Bank in the Artic Permafrost to protect all known variations of seeds in case of worldwide disaster." From the article: "Mr Hawtin said there were currently about 1,400 seed banks around the world, but a large number of these were located in countries that were either politically unstable or that faced threats from the natural environment."

Comments

Re:politically unstable?

[crabpeople]

well the us has its fair share of religious people, which could destabilize the country if given enough power. They could argue against a seed bank and claim that only NOAH could create such a bank. anything else would be blasphemy!

or something...

Artic?

[JourneyExpertApe]

Kagu writes "According to the BBC, Norway is planning to build a Seed Bank in the Artic Permafrost to protect all known variations of seeds in case of worldwide disaster."

JourneyExpertApe writes "There are fetuses that can spell better that Kagu. And Zonk couldn't spot a spelling error if it had a wavy red line under it. Also, "seed bank" and "permafrost" aren't proper nouns, so they shouldn't be capitalized."

Oh, say can you see?

[thegnu]

I'm also kind of curious what countries they consider to be "politically unstable."

The USA?

no danger from natural environment?

[heatdeath]

but a large number of these were located in countries that were either politically unstable or that faced threats from the natural environment

Permafrost isn't in danger? My FORD DEMOLISHER begs to differ.