Seed Vault

As deserts expand, sea levels rise and other climate impacts make some regions uninhabitable, tens of millions of people will be displaced from their homes.They won't be alone. Thanks to human-caused climate change, countless plants and animals will also need to move in order to survive. But as disruptive as…

As deserts expand, sea levels rise and other climate impacts make some regions uninhabitable, tens of millions of people will be displaced from their homes.They won't be alone. Thanks to human-caused climate change, countless plants and animals will also need to move in order to survive. But as disruptive as…

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration The Cherokee Nation will bank corn, bean and squash seeds in the Arctic “doomsday vault”, becoming the first US-based tribe to safeguard culturally emblematic crops for future generations.The Svalbard seed vault, the…

PHOTO CREDIT: Frode Bjorshol/Flickr/CC BY 2.0If the worst ever happens, there’s a special place on Earth from which plant life might just have the best chance to spring anew. That place is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Often dubbed the ‘Doomsday Vault’, this fortress-like bunker in Norway stores almost a million…

PETER DOCKRILL 11 FEB 2020 If the worst ever happens, there's a special place on Earth from which plant life might just have the best chance to spring anew. That place is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Often dubbed the 'Doomsday Vault', this fortress-like bunker in Norway stores almost a million samples…

Millennia from now, future humans might be snacking on heirloom crops provided by the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation is the first indigenous American tribe in the U.S. to be invited to contribute its heirloom seeds to the "doomsday" Svalbard Global See…

There’s a "very real danger" of running into polar bears in Svalbard, warns the official website for the Arctic tourist destination.Of course, the opportunity to spot a bear – from a safe distance – is one of the main reasons why travellers fly or sail to the archipelago halfway between…

For more than a decade, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — also known as the "doomsday" vault — has collected and maintained the world's largest collection of diverse crops. This week, the Cherokee Nation became the first tribe in the United States to be invited to deposit samples in the…

The Cherokee Nation will be the first Indigenous tribe in North America to deposit a portion of its heirloom seeds to an emergency seed bank in Norway. The Oklahoma-based tribe has sent nine samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility tucked away inside a remote Norwegian mountain, which…

(Newser) – "There will always be a part of the Cherokee Nation in the world," declares the Native American tribe, which will be the first to store its heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, better known as the "doomsday vault." In a statement, Senior Director of Environmental Resources…