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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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Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @10:45PM (2 children)
Rite?
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday May 20 2017, @11:55PM (1 child)
The Guardian article says that the seeds are kept in packets; I don't know whether those are waterproof. The article says that the flooding was only in an entrance tunnel: the water froze before reaching the area where the seeds are actually stored.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 21 2017, @08:49AM
My vision is of a whole lot of Tupperware.
Even if the place floods, the stuff just floats in air-tight/waterproof bins.
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