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Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

Feb. 25, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the facility said.

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