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Global Seed Vault: A simple explanation

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More than 100 metres into a frozen sandstone mountain near the North Pole is a bank that holds an insurance policy for the survival of the human race. Historically important documents and literature could be preserved for hundreds of years in a new vault that will neighbour the famous "Doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island in Norway. Explains R.Sathyanathan, an expert in presenting science news in simple Tamil.



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