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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on Feb. 26, 2008. Carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world's most important seeds, it's a Noah's Ark of food crops to be used in the event of a global catastrophe.

Syrian Civil War Prompts First Withdrawal From Doomsday Seed Vault In The Arctic

4:03pm September 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Researchers in the Middle East have requested the first-ever withdrawal from the "final backup" seed bank because of destruction caused by the Syrian civil war.