25 may 2017

Global Warming Causes the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to Spring a Leak

The Officials in charge of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault have reported that water from melting permafrost and heavy rain, brought about by record-high temperatures in the Arctic over the past winter, has leaked into the entrance tunnel leading to the underground stronghold. The water subsequently froze on the floor of the tunnel, prompting the vault's caretakers to chip the ice away from the tunnel floor.

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