Monday, May 22, 2017

Climate Change threatens seed supply

With the rising water levels caused by climate change, water breeches the entrance of the storage facility of over 500 million seeds kept in case of global emergencies where food supplies would need to be replenished. The seeds were unharmed by the breach, but it is due to global warming that the permafrost containing the seeds is melting. 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/us/doomsday-seed-vault-water-breach/index.html

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