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Doomsday Vault Opens To Give Seeds To Syria (cnn.com)
pabloApicco sends word that the The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has opened up in order to give seeds to Syrian scientists who had to relocate their research due to the war. CNN reports: "Known as the 'Doomsday Vault,' this seed bank — operated by the Norwegian government and containing a seed of just about every known crop in the world — is meant to be humanity's backup in the event of a catastrophe that devastates crops. But it was not a natural disaster that has caused scientists to have to dip in and make the first significant withdrawal from the vault. Rather, it was the most preventable of man-made disasters -- war. The bloody conflict in Syria has left scientists at an important gene bank in Aleppo -- where new strains of drought- and heat-resistant wheat have been developed over time -- unable to continue their work in recent years. With no sign of conditions in Syria improving, scientists have begun recovering their critical inventory of seeds, sourced from around the Fertile Crescent and beyond, that have been in safekeeping beneath the Arctic ice."
The seeds are being returned to Syria, who sent them to the Global Seed Vault as a precaution. From TFA:
The ICARDA Aleppo center had sent nearly 80% of the seeds and samples to the Global Seed Vault as a backup by 2012, with its last deposit being in 2014.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Map of the Place where the "Doomsday Vault" is: http://www.gosur.com/doomsday-...
Then you've never studied history, nor do you understand how humanity functions.
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
These people destroy monuments, critically endangered birds northern Bald ibis, and anything that stands in their apocalyptic way, except of course Toyota pickups, infidel weapons and young girls. They don't need no scientists helping them - ridding the world of the infidel will give them Allah's blessing, and presumably feed them.
This is a good position for the Doomsday Vault to take. "Send us samples for both the protection of our entire planet, and whatever area they came from originally, because we can always send them back." This is one of those uncommon cases where there is a clear benefit at every level for being altruistic. I just hope they don't return all of them, lest there be another loss and then nobody has any.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
yes, they behead people for thinking different than they do, they destroy anything that is not in belief with the koran, they kill medical workers already
do you REALLY think they give a damn about scientists? They are animals
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
There are no civilians to these people. The red cross, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, and others are just more notable targets for them to hit. They will generate even more media attention and are thus more valuable.
... as well as Bill Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates is not a Republican. He is a political independent, and has donated more to Democrats than Republicans.
The corporate accounts that provide most of Microsoft's sales , characterized as mostly Democrats or mostly Republicans?
Microsoft and The Bill Gates Foundation are separate entities. Microsoft's biggest donations go to Seattle area and Washington State politicians, who are mostly Democrats.
Games may donate to Democrats, but make no mistake, he is a corporatist, globalist oligarch.
So is roughly 90% of Congress, and thanks to the TPP, the White House as well.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
He is a multimillionaire so by definition he is a Republican.
FYI: Most of the multimillionaire in the US Congress are Democrats. Tim S.
They're not "their own cities" any more than you would consider Swansea your city. ISIS are an absolute mess of people, in practically every way conceivable, but let's not pretend they're the only group killing medical workers while pretending to be righteous...