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The Guardian reports that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a seed bank near Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, has flooded due to "melting and heavy rain." The seeds remain safe, according to the article.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @09:35PM (1 child)
Seeds should be packed air-tight any way, due to high air humidity in cold environments.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @06:58PM
You're confused. Only the relative humidity is high in cold, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Relative_Humidity.png [wikipedia.org]
I.e. hot air can carry much more moisture.