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Syrian Civil War Prompts First Withdrawal From Doomsday Seed Vault In The Arctic
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Wed, 2015-09-23 21:25 — Maeryn Obley
Image: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on Feb. 26, 2008. Carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world's most important seeds, it's a Noah's Ark of food crops to be used in the event of a global catastrophe. AFP/Getty Images
npr.org - September 23rd, 2015
A tall rectangular building juts out of a mountainside on a Norwegian island just 800 miles from the North Pole. Narrow and sharply edged, the facility cuts an intimidating figure against the barren Arctic background. But the gray building holds the key to the earth's biodiversity.
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Evidence of Melting Permafrost
The Svalbard vault's "fail-safe" conservation method could be at risk in the future, as the permafrost is now starting to melt in some places because of global warming.
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"More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas."