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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAs Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the...
Pair behind 'Doomsday vault,' a bank of 1.25 million seeds, win $500,000 World Food Prize
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe two men behind the so-called “Doomsday vault” holding 1.25 million seed samples ― seeds that can...
Iraq and Uruguay deposit crop seeds at Arctic doomsday vault
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other...
Only a few people are allowed in this locked vault deep within a mountain, where seed samples of...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSnow blows off the Svalbard Global Seed Vault before being inaugurated at sunrise, Tuesday, Feb. 26,...
Forbidden Places: Why You Can’t Visit Norway’s ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDeep within the Arctic Circle on the remote Norwegian island of Svalbard, you’ll find the Svalbard...
The Global Music Vault wants to preserve the world’s music in case of disaster – but how will they...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Doomsday Clock ticks even closer to midnight, Will Pritchard speaks to the people hoping to...
The Culinary Practice Of Seed Saving, Explained
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSeed saving might seem like a thing only diehard gardeners do, but it actually has huge implications for global food stability and preserving plant...
Scientists honored as 2024 World Food Prize Laureates for roles in world seed vault project
Scripps News via AOL· 4 weeks agoTwo scientists were honored for their roles in a seed storage project meant to protect the world's...
The Northernmost Town in the World Is Home to Polar Bears, Arctic Adventures, and Fine-dining...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLongyearbyen, located not far from the North Pole, is an ideal destination for outdoor adventure...
For $323 Million, Last Private Land in Arctic Archipelago Can Be Yours
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago(Bloomberg) -- In the High Arctic, a Manhattan-size piece of land with geopolitical implications has...