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What’s humanity’s backup plan if farming fails? Gordy explores the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure facility tucked inside a Norwegian mountain that stores over a million seed samples—a real-life "save game" button for civilization.
From conflict zones to climate change, agriculture has always been vulnerable. But Svalbard’s frozen vault preserves the genetic future of crops, offering hope if disaster ever strikes. And in 2015, it already proved its worth when seeds were withdrawn during the Syrian Civil War, helping restore what was lost.
This episode explains why the vault was built, how it’s kept secure, and the real story of how it quietly protects global food security—while also being threatened by the very thing it guards against: climate change.
A story of science, planning, and just-in-case brilliance.
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