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Doomsday Vault: First Tree Samples Arrive At Underground Seed Store

Posted by samzenpus on from the last-hope dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built into an Arctic mountain, received its first delivery of tree seeds. Opened in 2008, the vault is designed to withstand all natural and human disasters. From the article: "The 'doomsday' vault built into an Arctic mountain, which stores seeds for food crops in case of a natural disaster, has received its first delivery of tree samples. Norway spruce and Scots pine seeds have arrived at the frozen vault, which is located on Svalbard, an archipelago owned by and north of Norway. The organizations behind the vault hope to bring more seeds from outside of the Nordic countries. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will now look after the samples and use them to monitor how natural forests change. They will also keep them as back-ups, in case any of the species are lost, and to see how the forests change during breeding."

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  1. Cool entrance! by QilessQi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure Aperture Science used the same architect.

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    Koans and fables for the software engineer
  2. Re:To paraphrase Mark Twain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Man is the only animal that plans for doomsday. Or needs to.”

    One could argue the dinosaurs might have needed to plan for doomsday as well.

  3. Re:But what if they mix with the Virus Vault by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 1, Funny

    How in the hell are the survivors (who would be practically random) going to know...

    1) that such a thing exists

    Ask professor Farnsworth

    2) where (exactly) it is

    It's right next to Germ Warfare Repository

    3) how to get there (and back) without dying of something in the process (exposure, starvation, ocean storms, etc)

    If the barking snakes can survive, I trust humans can too.

    4) (assuming generations later) how to read the content labels, instructions, etc ...?

    Because of where it is, I'm guessing that most vandals and meth-head copper scavengers will not be looking for it. I don't know what language they are using,but how long has it been since anyone has spoke Latin? we can still figure that out, so there's some hope. If the human species needs instructions on how to plant a fucking seed, all of your above questions are irrelevant.