Many of the countries that contribute to seed banks are doing so amid growing concerns of food shortages. One of the world's ...

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A new hoard of 30,000 seeds, including those from Africa, was added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in late October, ...

Fears about climate change and global conflict eradicating plant species and changing the face of the planet have prompted environmentalists and researchers to send 30,000 new seed samples to a ...

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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway holds millions of seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants, but this ...

Studies suggest that plant species are going extinct at approximately 500 times the natural or background rate of extinction.

Two scientists who helped create an international seed vault received the World Food Prize last week in Des Moines, spotlighting the importance of seed banks, including one in northeast Iowa. The Seed ...

Two scientists who helped establish an international seed vault received the World Food Prize Thursday night in Des Moines, ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all. It is the world's most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data. Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the ...