...when the World Governments AGREE to build a Doomsday Seed Vault.
From Cnn:
A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world opened Tuesday in a mountain on a remote island near the Arctic Ocean.
Dubbed the "Doomsday Vault," the seed bank is considered the ultimate safety net for the world's seed collections, protecting them from a wide range of threats including war, natural disasters, lack of funding or simply poor agricultural management.
Norwegian musicians performed Tuesday as part of an elaborate opening ceremony marking the opening of the vault, located 130 meters (427 feet) inside a frozen mountain. Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, placed the first seeds inside the vault, followed by other dignitaries.
Anyone else a bit... unnerved by this announcement?
-Me
1 comment:
It does make you think, doesn't it?
This kind of reminds me of the Titan project from the movie Titan A.E. that was a repostitory for the DNA patterns of every species on Earth. A new twist on the Noah's Ark myth, if you will. But yes, still a bit unnerving...
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