Hidden beneath the countryside of Wakehurst in Sussex lies a facility often described as a doomsday vault. The label sounds ...

As concerns about rising global temperatures and food insecurity increase, there's still a silver lining. The New York Times reported that one of the world's most essential "doomsday" plant vaults ...

Over 14,000 new samples of food crop seeds are being added this week to a "doomsday" vault located on an island in Svalbard, Norway. These seeds are part of an effort launched in 2008 to back up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three times a year, a fortress within the remote mountainside of a Norwegian island opens its doors to a select few. Such ...

The Global Seed Vault offers a safety net in case of natural catastrophe, war, climate change, disease or manmade disasters — Jonathan NACKSTRAND A "doomsday vault" in the Arctic designed to safeguard ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is designed to safeguard more than 2 billion seeds in case of natural or manmade disaster. Located on a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean near the village of ...

COPENHAGEN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Three times a year, a fortress within the remote mountainside of a Norwegian island opens its doors to a select few. Such infrequency is intentional. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves more than ...