Arctic winter reaches melting point: Scientists witness dramatic thaw in Svalbard

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1. Things seem to be going from bad to worse pretty quickly…

2. they picked Svalbard because.. cold.

   Svalbard Global Seed Vault

   [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault)

   The **Svalbard Global Seed Vault** ([Norwegian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language): *Svalbard globale frøhvelv*) is a secure backup facility for the world’s crop diversity on the Norwegian island of [Spitsbergen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitsbergen) in the remote [Arctic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic) [Svalbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard) archipelago.[^([5])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault#cite_note-Charles2006-5) The Seed Vault provides long-term storage for duplicates of seeds from around the world, conserved in [gene banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_bank). This provides security of the world’s food supply against the loss of seeds in genebanks due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cuts, war, sabotage, disease, and natural disasters. The Seed Vault is managed under terms spelled out in a tripartite agreement among the Norwegian government, the [Crop Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_Trust), and the [Nordic Genetic Resource Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Genetic_Resource_Center) (NordGen).[^([6])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault#cite_note-whatisnordgen-6)[^([7])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault#cite_note-:3-7)

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