The Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Svalbard opened in 2008 and now contains 1.25 million seed samples ...

A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will ...

Three times a year, a fortress within the remote mountainside of a Norwegian island opens its doors to a select few. Such ...

A “DOOMSDAY vault” has received a new delivery of crop seeds to preserve forever if the Earth is wiped out by a nuclear war.

At least 12,000 seed samples from 19 genebanks have been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, safeguarding vital crop ...

Partner organizations from across the globe are gathering in Norway this week to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ...

Sudan, a country bordering Egypt in northeast Africa has decided to send crop samples to the "doomsday" vault in a remote ...

Malaysia has successfully deposited heritage seeds and traditional varieties of plants at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault ...

Fourteen thousand seeds from 21 countries are heading to the Arctic this week, bound for the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—a ...

The main objective of the Arctic Circle Seed Vault is to preserve genetic diversity in agriculture. In a world where climate ...