Doomsday Vault Protects Seeds of Life

A doomsday vault built to withstand an earthquake or nuclear strike is ready for operation deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain, where it will protect millions of seeds from man-made and natural disasters. (Feb. 26)

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[martinezewok]

I have a feeling that the government may know something that they aren't telling us when it comes to the end of the world. Shit.

[McLarenMercedes]

Norway built this vault, and payed for it and cares for it.

What does american liberals have to do with that?

TROLL

[Wilkinsburg1960]

Two things: Why such a huge facility for a mere 4 to 5 million SEEDS? It's not as if you couldn't get one million in you house! And WHY 1,400 OTHER remote locations? I'd say excessive considering even nuclear warfare. So what's up?

[kellerbier2]

It's a reset button, just incase they need to restart things if they get outta hand ....... which they will.

[karzwell]

@martinezewok

I highly doubt it's "end of the world" in 2012.. or anytime soon for that matter... That Mayan saying about 2012 says, "end of the world AS WE KNOW IT" so hopefully this means no more Bilderberg/Banksters/Corporate control over the world and Ron Paul gets in and changes our world for the better.

Signed,

A concerned Canadian

[mullaahmed]

SteveSpicerPortsmouth. You are one of the very few intelligent and reasonable people out here. I thank you for your support. :-)

Best wishes.

[travelbytommy]

First of all I am not a church freak, in fact I am agnostic. I have never even been inside a church except for weddings and funerals. As for the "tax loons", there is clear evidence that cap and trade will cost companies thousands or millions depending on their size, and whether or not you call that a tax, collectively it is billions of dollars which companies will not have to pay their employees or hire new ones. I am a business owner and I understand these things...clearly you do not.

[travelbytommy]

Explain how pollution was much much worse over a century ago when the world first entered into the industrial revolution, but yet we have "climate change" now and not then? Or how man made problems have created a hole in the ozone, but yet no man made pollution comes from where the hole is located? Why is the hole over the south pole instead of London or Los Angeles? Clearly you and Al Gore both need to do more research as to all the man made global warming crap you preach.

[travelbytommy]

First I never claimed the holocaust was a hoax, as I am 100% sure that happened. As for your bad skills, you used a double negative, single sentences that should be two or three, etc. I hate to break it to you, but those scientists in the 1970's thought we were entering another ice age, and we didn't, so they were already proven wrong about climate change 30 years ago.

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

Who told you global warming isn't real. The Bible? Or some weird preacher in church? Or better still, those loons that claim it's an idea to tax people even more?

Get this. Scientists have measured the temperature changes in earths history by drilling deep into the ice of the Antarctic. There they have discovered that changes in climate does happen, but slowly and over a period of 100,000 years. For the past 50 years to change has been very rapid, which indicates human influence.

Wacko

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

really? care to point out where I am displaying bad skills in the english language, save for a few typos?

I meant you are wacko, to think the whole idea of global warming started with Al Gore, when scientists in the 1970's already warned about it.

10,000 scientists say global warming is a hoax? Yes, you're the type that claims there is absolute no proof the Holocaust of jews ever took place, since there are plenty of books written about the Holocaust hoax.

Kyoto protocol. Not a hoax.