The remote spot was picked for its stability and year-round freezing conditions.Д«ut a new report reveals that temperatures have risen faster in Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard, than anywhere else on Earth over the past century.

The Crop Trust joined forces with the Norwegian government to build the Global Seed Vault on Svalbard in 2008. вЂњSvalbard is the ultimate failsafe for biodiversity of crops,вЂќ Marie Haga, executive director of the Crop Trust, which helped build the vault, told CNN. The report was published by the Norwegian Environmental Agency. ItвЂ™s designed to preserve all of EarthвЂ™s crop seeds in the event of a devastating disease outbreak or all-out nuclear war.ДЇreezing temperatures inside the vault mean the seeds should remain usable for centuries to come.Д«ut scientists warned this week that temperatures on Svalbard could jump 50 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 - with potentially disastrous consequences for the million seed samples within. Situated deep inside a mountain on the remote archipelago, the cellar is the largest of its kind and has enough space for 2.5 billion seeds. The icy Norwegian island of Svalbard where the Global Seed Vault is housed is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, according to a new study. Mars once had river beds twice the size of any on EarthДЇirst ever all-female spacewalk won't happen this week after allДЄ last-resort Doomsday Vault tasked with saving humanityвЂ™s food from extinction is under threat from climate change. Flesh eating fungus responsible for 'frog apocalypse'ДЄI can accurately predict when you'll die

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