A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the facility said.

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

Over 14,000 new samples of food crop seeds are being added this week to a "doomsday" vault located on an island in Svalbard, Norway. These seeds are part of an effort launched in 2008 to back up thousands of the planet's essential plant species,

Sudan, a country bordering Egypt in northeast Africa has decided to send crop samples to the "doomsday" vault in a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic. These genetic samples are of food crops seeds.

File photo taken on June 19, 2024 shows the entrance of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen, Norway. A total of 14,000 seed samples from 21 gene banks are being deposited this week in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Norwegian government announced on Feb. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang)

On Feb. 25, the World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF) deposited seeds representing tree species of special value to communities across Africa in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The 19 species represented included 13 native to Africa and six others that have found a place in the economies and ecologies of the continent.