Global Seed Vault Opens For Business

As the saying goes "if you build it they will come" and they have built it and it is up and running. What it is and what it is for has everything to do with insuring that there will be enough food for future generations in the event of a catastrophic agricultural disaster or nuclear event. The Global Seed vault has opend in a northern region of Norway on an island called Spitsbergen. It is designed to be a warehouse for seeds of every kind from around the world. Almost every country in the world has donated seeds that are native to its region for storage. In the event of a catastrophy there will be fresh seeds available for planting and new food can be grown and insure the survival of the human species. It has been deliberately located near the Arctic circle because the thinking was that the freezing climate would do well to preserve the seeds for many thousands of years it is estimated. The vault can hold up to 4.5 million seed samples at a temperature of -18 degrees.