Doomsday Arctic seed vault gets deposit of 30,000 new samples

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway has received its largest number of new seed samples since 2020, highlighting concerns over conflicts and climate change impacting food security.

Since its establishment in 2008, the vault has served as a backup for global gene banks and helped restore seed collections damaged by the Syrian war.

Executive Director Stefan Schmitz noted that "Climate change and conflict threaten infrastructure and impact food security for over 700 million people in more than 75 countries worldwide."