Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts | Environment | The Guardian
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It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world’s most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity’s food supply forever. But the Global Seed Vault, buried in a mountain deep inside the Arctic circle, has been breached after global warming produced extraordinary temperatures over the winter, sending meltwater gushing into the entrance tunnel.
“This is supposed to last for eternity,” said Åsmund Asdal at the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre, which operates the seed vault.
Heureusement que ce n’est pas à Bure que de tels problèmes peuvent exister... les déchets nucléaires sont bien tranquilles pour l’éternité.