{"id":122139,"date":"2023-11-25T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=122139"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:12:25","slug":"inside-the-apocalypse-ready-bunker-full-of-food-to-ensure-the-world-wont-starve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/inside-the-apocalypse-ready-bunker-full-of-food-to-ensure-the-world-wont-starve\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the apocalypse ready bunker full of food to ensure the world wont starve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A huge underground bunker in a frozen wasteland sounds like the backdrop to a spy thriller but that is exactly what can be found halfway between Norway and the North Pole.<\/p>\n

The Global Seed Vault on the island of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean extends more than 100 metres into a mountain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The massive complex was built to serve as a repository of the world’s seed crops to protect the earth’s ability to grow food in the future.<\/p>\n

Currently, more than 1.1 million seed varieties sourced from nearly every country on the planet are housed in the vault.<\/p>\n

This includes distinct varieties of key African and Asian food staples such as maize, rice, and wheat as well as European and South American eggplant, lettuce, barley, and potato varieties.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Svalbard was chosen primarily for its subzero temperatures and permafrost making it an ideal location for underground cold storage.<\/p>\n

The remote location also helps the facility be considered the top genebank\u00a0in the world in terms of security.<\/p>\n

A dependable energy source is derived from local coal deposits.<\/p>\n

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Construction first began in 2006 with the project costing some $9m.<\/p>\n

The vault was opened in 2008 and is run by Norway in partnership with the Crop Trust and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center.<\/p>\n

While the vault is open to deposits from around the world, contributing countries retain ownership and control over their deposited seeds.<\/p>\n