Safeguarding crop diversity in a time of climate change remains a priority for much of the world — even if that's not the ...

On Feb. 25, the World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF) deposited seeds representing tree species of special value to ...

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A “DOOMSDAY” vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will ...

A total of 14,000 seed samples from 21 gene banks are being deposited this week in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway will receive 14,022 new seed samples on Tuesday. Built in 2008, the vault safeguards ...

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Marni creative director Francesco Risso set up an impromptu jazz club and invited friends like Tracee Ellis Ross to model his ...

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The "Apocalypse Vault', the global seed bank located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, ...