In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic: the seed vault

2017-07-13 17:28:08 GMT+0800

Have you ever thought about the day when the disaster occurred and people boarded the "Noah's ark" in order to retain their last hope?

Now in the arctic, there is a seed "Noah's ark".

"Doomsday bank"

I don't know if you remember,

The last few years of panic about the end of the world?

The mayan calendar predicted that the earth would be,

A major disaster struck on December 21, 2012.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The 2009 American disaster movie 2012,

More objectively, the panic that was heightened,

The collapse of the earth, the huge volcanic eruption,

Turn people's familiar homes into hell overnight.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

In the face of only a few of the secret built of Noah's ark,

Initially only allowed the elite, the rich to escape,

Despite the rumors that the end of the world is ending,

But the west has always had a "eschatology".

There are "eschatological" people who think about how life continues,

The female warrior at the end of the apocalypse,

To give a sack of seed to the girl,

Expect girls to find the right place to sow.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The seed is the last hope of the continuation of human civilization.

Today's extraordinary monarch shares a seed story.

It's only 1300 km from the North Pole,

There is a world that is closest to the North Pole

And the town that was listed in the world record: longyearbyen.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

It is drifting lonely,

Norwegian land of svalbard.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Because of the night,

From November to January,

All covered with ice and snow,

It is not until February that the sun rises.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

But it's nothing. The special place in this town is probably:

It is the only city in the world that has ruled that death is illegal, and there are only eight beds for emergency treatment, unless the patient dies, and the patient and older man must stay away from the open air.

Also, it is forbidden to have children, and pregnant women must leave the country a month before their birth.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

It sounds kind of unnatural, but it's a must!

Because the ground is almost entirely frozen, the body is buried in the ground, and the bacteria will not die, of course, and if the harmful bacteria flood, it will bring disaster to the people here.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Sounds,

The permafrost and the harsh living environment of the author,

It was a resistance to human invasion.

But also because of frozen soil and high cold,

On the other side of the town,

There is a seed vault to save humanity

Svalbard vault.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

This seed bank,

Specially designed to store the seeds for the prevention of "doomsday",

It's the world's seed bank.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Climate change, nuclear war,

And the unexpected natural disasters,

It is impossible to say that one day put man to the jedi.

And this holds the last hope of mankind.

It is thus called the "Noah's ark" of global agriculture.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

With permafrost,

Just over 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole,

And literally,

This is a huge natural refrigerator.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Above the door looks like a mess of "glass",

It's actually a very advanced design,

It's a metal mirror,

Reflect the sun during the day,

The night was light.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Walk into the gate.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Waiting for you is one,

It's about 120 meters long.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The tunnel went deep into the mountain,

It goes up to 3 45 meters long,

The four meters wide seed vault.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The walls of the tunnel are about one metre thick.

Using insulating concrete,

Even if the mountain collapses,

It also ensures that the structure is not damaged.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

From the first door,

And then finally into the seed bank,

To go through five levels,

Each layer is closely guarded,

Safe as the world's largest Treasury,

Anti-shock resistance is sufficient to withstand nuclear attack.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

There might be some worry,

Global warming is rising,

How can this disastrous change be resisted?

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Don't worry.

When scientists were building it,

Given the present and the future,

The worst of all.

Even if the Antarctic ice is completely melting,

Sea level rises sharply,

The 131-meter seed bank,

It'll be all right.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

And in the permafrost and the 131-metre seed vault,

All the year round to maintain in the low temperature of minus 18 °,

In such an environment,

Grain can be stored for a thousand years.

Sorghum is guaranteed to be safe for 19, 000 years.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The most advantaged of all,

This is the home of polar bears.

There are only 1,800 people in the town,

There are as many as 5,000 polar bears on the island,

It provides a natural protective barrier for seed Banks.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

At present, there are 860,000 seed backups of more than 4,000 plant species from all over the world, including beans, wheat, rice and so on.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Countries around the world,

You can store the seeds for free,

In case of natural disaster, we need it.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The seeds selected by each country,

All must be sealed with three layers of aluminum foil.

And then go to svalbard and pass through security,

Into the library.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Next, the engineer will classify the seeds according to the seed samples, and carefully identify the source, variety, age and other information of the seeds.

That's not all. You have to put this information in the Internet so that you can find them all around the world according to a seed number.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

In the process,

At any level,

Transports, scientists, engineers,

The seed packaging must not be opened.

The security level is nothing less than a bank,

Only the seed owner can extract and open the seeds.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

Our rice and other varieties of fruits and vegetables,

Save the backup as well.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

In fact, for food security and strategy, many countries and organizations build seed Banks, with as many as 1, 700 seed Banks around the world.

China has also built one of Asia's largest and second world wildlife seed Banks in kunming.

So why bother to ship the seeds to the North Pole when everyone has their own seed vault?

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

And this global seed bank,

It's really expensive,

From completion to annual maintenance expenditures,

No more than 100 million yuan.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

The reason is simple,

Because it's safe and reliable,

And the most powerful voice in this,

I'm afraid it's Syria.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

In 2015, in war-torn Syria, seed Banks were destroyed and their own seed Banks could not provide seeds for crops grown in arid regions.

So Syria applied to the svalbard seed bank, taking out nearly 130 of the 325boxes that had been deposited there, totaling 116,000.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

It is Syria, and the world's seed Banks are vulnerable to earthquakes, floods, wars or other extreme conditions at any time.

The Philippines has been inundated with soup from flood-stricken countries, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have severely damaged the seed Banks.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

It is Syria, and the world's seed Banks are vulnerable to earthquakes, floods, wars or other extreme conditions at any time.

The Philippines has been inundated with soup from flood-stricken countries, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have severely damaged the seed Banks.

In the face of the end of the world, scientists have long held the last hope for people in the arctic:the seed vault

We all hope,

The doomsday seed bank,

Unopened extraction.

But to be prepared,

It is not a wisdom of life.

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