10k seeds sent to Arctic to safeguard humanity against climate change

10k seeds sent to Arctic to safeguard humanity against climate change | Daily Mail Online: "In an effort to ensure global food security, 10,000 new varieties of crops from around the world are being added to the 'doomsday' seed vault in the Arctic.



The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, on an island off Norway's northern coast, already stores 825,000 samples of seeds, which represent 13,000 years of agricultural history.

The vault provides a back-up to the network of seed banks around the world, which store seeds but can be threatened by war, accidents and natural disasters."