'Doomsday' vault design unveiled (BBC)

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By Mark Kinver
Science and nature reporter, BBC News

The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.

The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole.

The vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes, such as nuclear war, asteroid strikes and climate change.

Construction begins in March, and the seed bank is scheduled to open in 2008.

The Norwegian government is paying the $5m (£2.5m) construction costs of the vault, which will have enough space to house three million seed samples.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6335899.stm

[Progressive420]

1. they better build quick

2008 might be to late

[Subdivisions]

2. Considering the direction we're going, this is a profoundly

good idea.

[baldguy]

3. Once its completed

The GOP will want to bomb it.

[n2doc]

4. Shades of "Silent Running"

[Dead_Parrot]

6. But no cute robots, for a guess. nt

[htuttle]

5. They should put an empty sarcophagus in there, just to fuck with future archeologists...

...assuming there ARE future archaeologists.

[bananas]

7. LOL! nt

[Nihil]

8. Thanks for that! (n/t)

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