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Svalbard Global Seed Vault is an underground storage facility designed to secure seeds to “ensure that food crop varieties are not lost” in the event of a global crisis such as war, terrorism or climate change.
The vault opened in 2008 , following on an earlier iteration in which seeds were stored in a nearby coal mine.
In 2017 the vault suffered a flood caused, ironically, by climate change, threatening the safety of the seeds.
Because of this biological lag, Svalbard ’s diligently protected seeds might turn out to be useless, unable to grow or survive.
The vault's focus on seeds also neglects crucially important food crops such as cassava that are not typically propagated through seeds.
The expense of the vault makes one wonder if it is really a good use of conservation resources and scientific effort.
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