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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Guardian [theguardian.com] reports that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault [wikipedia.org], a seed bank near Longyearben [wikipedia.org] on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen [wikipedia.org], has flooded due to "melting and heavy rain." The seeds remain safe, according to the article.

coverage:

• Quartz [qz.com]
• The Verge [theverge.com]
• Popular Science [popsci.com]
• ABC [abc.net.au]

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