Reuters: World Seed Banks Get Funds to Tackle Climate, Other Threats
Scientists have agreed on a $109 million plan to strengthen the world's biggest seed banks of crops such as rice and wheat to help protect and develop new varieties resistant to climate change and other threats.
The Global Crop...
30 Jan 2013
30 Jan 2013
Financial Times: Expat Lives, In Seeds We Trust
The Financial Times discusses Cary Fowler and the Global Crop Diversity Trust in "Expat lives: In seeds we trust."
"Cary Fowler moved from Memphis to Rome – and commutes to the Arctic Circle."
14 Apr 2012
14 Apr 2012
O Globo TV Reports on Seed Vault
O Globo TV in Jornal Nacional reports on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Se depender da ciência, os alimentos de origem vegetal nunca vão desaparecer. Uma espécie de arca com sementes de todo o planeta foi construída debaixo das...
17 Mar 2012
17 Mar 2012
The Economist: Banking Against Doomsday
The Economist reports on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its print edition in March 2012.
With a heavy clunk, the steel outer doors of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault closed on February 28th, shutting out a howling Arctic gale...
10 Mar 2012
10 Mar 2012
National Geographic: Banking Seeds for Doomsday
National Geographic writer David Braun discusses a recent deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
In these times of tumultuous weather patterns and no certainty about the future stability of Earth’s climate as civilization has...
5 Mar 2012
5 Mar 2012
NBC's Today Show on the Seed Vault
NBC's Today Show reported on the opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in March 2012.
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2 Mar 2012
2 Mar 2012
NPR: The Ultimate In Heirloom Wheat Arrives At Seed Vault
NPR reports on the deposit of heirloom wheat to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
A few days ago, amid darkness and freezing winds, thousands of small packages of seeds were carried into an underground storage vault on a remote...
2 Mar 2012
2 Mar 2012
Live Science: Doomsday Seed Vault's Birthday Brings 25,000 Gifts
Live Science reports on the addition of 25,000 varieties to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on its birthday.
This week, the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway is scheduled to receive nearly 25,000 samples of seeds from around the...
29 Feb 2012
29 Feb 2012
Egypt Independent: Syria’s Crops Sheltered in Seed Vault
STOCKHOLM — Chickpeas, fava beans and other seeds from a facility in Syria are among the 25,000 new samples being deposited this week in an Arctic seed vault built to protect food crops from wars and natural disasters, officials...
29 Feb 2012
29 Feb 2012