Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts | Environment | The Guardian
►https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts
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#Svalbard Global #Seed_Vault …
le site (avec visite virtuelle)
Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Crop Trust
▻https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vaultPermafrost and thick rock ensure that the seed samples will remain frozen even without power. The Vault is the ultimate insurance policy for the world’s food supply, offering options for future generations to overcome the challenges of climate change and population growth. It will secure, for centuries, millions of seeds representing every important crop variety available in the world today. It is the final back up.
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The Vault is in an ideal location for long-term seed storage, for several reasons:
• The Vault is well above sea level, protected from flooding.
• The permafrost offers natural freezing, providing a cost effective and fail-safe method to conserve seeds.#Longyearbyen
▻https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Svalbard+Global+Seed+Vault/@78.2401213,15.4556139,3206m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x459c54abde19eff1:0x15fa4670a5924662!8m2!3d78.235677juste au-dessus de l’aéroport
vu du dessus :sans doute du terre-plein :
Et pourtant, ça a marché pour le virus de la grippe espagnole de 1918…
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The Vault is in an ideal location for long-term seed storage, for several reasons:
• The Vault is well above sea level, protected from flooding.Oups
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énorme. auto-trollage de grand art.
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Aussi abordé là :
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/600116Ajouter aux compilations :
►https://seenthis.net/messages/524060
►https://seenthis.net/messages/499739#effondrement #collapsologie #catastrophe #fin_du_monde #it_has_begun #Anthropocène #capitalocène
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Turns out the Svalbard seed vault is probably fine
▻http://www.popsci.com/seed-vault-flooding?src=SOC&dom=tw“Flooding is probably not quite the right word to use in this case,” says Cary Fowler, who helped create the seed vault. “In my experience, there’s been water intrusion at the front of the tunnel every single year.” [...]
“The tunnel was never meant to be water tight at the front, because we didn’t think we would need that,” Fowler says. “What happens is, in the summer the permafrost melts, and some water comes in, and when it comes in, it freezes. It doesn’t typically go very far.”
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Ça existe depuis des décennies les conservatoires de semences, comme à Saint Petersbourg, l’un des meilleurs du monde. On garde les semences, on en resème un peu, on garde la récolte, on en envoi aux 4 coins du monde pour faire pareil, on renouvelle. Pas besoin de méga frigo, juste un peu.
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