![]() ![]() The vault is a type of backup for humanity, which enables it. ![]() There are similar programmes, such as the Global Seed Vault which houses over 1 million samples of seeds on Svalbard, an island between Norway and the North Pole. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, commonly known as the Doomsday Vault, is a facility that houses a vast number of plant seeds. Because human civilisation has such a large footprint if it were to collapse, that could have a negative cascading effect on the rest of us.” A potential system for creating a hospitable atmosphere for life in a lunar vault would essentially be a three-part process: Machines would generate a mix of. “As humans, we had a close call about 75,000 years ago with the Toba supervolcanic eruption, which caused a 1,000 year cooling period and, according to some, aligns with an estimated drop in human diversity. “Earth is a naturally volatile environment.” Jekan Thanga said, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona, in a statement. In January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the Doomsday Clock a symbol for how soon humanity can expect to meet its end as a result of our own unchecked advances had ticked forward 10 seconds. The scientists labelled it “a modern global insurance policy” for over 6 million species found on Earth, acting as insurance against the decimation of our planet. Ten seconds is a long time when the clock you’re setting is ticking down to the end of the world. ![]() These would be cryogenically frozen, stored away in tunnels underneath the moon’s surface, CNN reports. OSLO (Reuters) - A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food staples contains one million varieties with the addition on Tuesday of. Proposed items to go in this bunker include seeds, spores, sperm and egg samples from various Earth species, according to scientists. Scientists want to create an underground structure to store materials that can save us in case of an apocalypse-style situation. ![]()
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