65 points | by robaato 3 days ago ago
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Elise Blackwell wrote "Hunger", a novel about these botanists, which I thought was well done.
We might need to preserve seeds again due to climate change. Impressive to read about those who literally sacrificed their life during a siege for science and the future of humanity. Thanks for sharing.
There are multiple national and international initiatives that have been building seed banks for a long time, what do you mean with the again?
Also, there's talk of putting one on the moon.
Don't seed banks need regular refreshing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
After nuclear war I'm going to head there.
I love the fact that [0] is one of the videos you see when you look it up on Google Maps.
[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/fWHX7Ba4B6H9iemf7
Virtual tour of the vault: https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html
The food should last quite a while!
Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson also did an episode on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqVg6BXXtA
> The uploader has not made this video available in your country
We really need a civilization changing event to rethink some stuff.
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see: Lysenkoism
Trying to do science in the soviet union certainly provided plenty of unrequested opportunities to become a hero, thats for sure.
Can't pass that lying dog without kicking?
Elise Blackwell wrote "Hunger", a novel about these botanists, which I thought was well done.
We might need to preserve seeds again due to climate change. Impressive to read about those who literally sacrificed their life during a siege for science and the future of humanity. Thanks for sharing.
There are multiple national and international initiatives that have been building seed banks for a long time, what do you mean with the again?
Also, there's talk of putting one on the moon.
Don't seed banks need regular refreshing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
After nuclear war I'm going to head there.
I love the fact that [0] is one of the videos you see when you look it up on Google Maps.
[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/fWHX7Ba4B6H9iemf7
Virtual tour of the vault: https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html
The food should last quite a while!
Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson also did an episode on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqVg6BXXtA
> The uploader has not made this video available in your country
We really need a civilization changing event to rethink some stuff.
<magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2650E9B1E36E713DD78BAFC638408A491854B839>
see: Lysenkoism
Trying to do science in the soviet union certainly provided plenty of unrequested opportunities to become a hero, thats for sure.
Can't pass that lying dog without kicking?