VIDEO: Protecting seeds from global crises

Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:36am EST
 
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Feb 25 - An underground vault has been built to store a collection of the world's seeds in case of global crises like climate change or major wars.

The Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway - dubbed the Doomsday Vault - will be opened on Tuesday.

The seeds will be stored inside a mountain and can remain frozen even without electricity.

Andrew Potter reports.



 

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