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Finally, a Peek Into the Arctic Seed Vault That Could Save Humanity – Mother Jones
The repository, designed to last forever, offers virtual tours for the first time. By Patrick Greenfield, March 5, 2023 This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jutting out of the permafrost on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, the entrance to…
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Top-secret Cold War military project found perfectly preserved fossil plants under Greenland ice | Live Science
Frozen soil held plant fragments that may be a million years old. By Mindy Weisberger – Senior Writer 3 days ago Frozen soil that was collected in Greenland during the Cold War by a secret military operation hid another secret: buried fossils that could be a million years old. Recent analysis revealed plants that were…
