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Arctic vault is designed to save world's seeds
WASHINGTON In a plan to protect food crops of the future, polar bears will help guard a "doomsday vault" in the land of the midnight sun. Scientists and Nordic political leaders planned to gather today at a remote setting near the North Pole to lay the cornerstone for what will be known as the Svalbard Arctic Seed Depository, which they hope can provide the world with a fail-safe method to protect seeds from disaster.......... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/9504B9F 58F1273E38625719200259DAA |
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