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| Television crews stand outside the Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen February 26, 2008. © Bob Strong / Reuters |
The Norwegian government has confirmed plans to boost defenses at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault after reports of flooding at the facility prompted panic that the world’s future food supply could be destroyed.
The Guardian reported Friday that the arctic stronghold, built to preserve the world’s crop supply in the event of global disaster, had flooded after permafrost melted and sent water “gushing into the entrance tunnel.”
Panic began to spread online despite the article specifying that the seeds had not been affected by the incident.....[READ MORE]
Nice job, Doomsday Seed Vault people. You're ready for Doomsday but God forbid that involves water. twitter.com/michikokakutan…
Arctic seed vault, designed to withstand anything world could throw at it, already compromised by climate change goo.gl/JZOtRDpic.twitter.com/XSktyKFCTz
@_richardblack Poor choice of words in Guardian story. No flooding. Systems worked as always. Good news not bad. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
