[PCA] NEWS: Seeds of hope: Freezing vaults guard Earth's flora

[Olivia Kwong]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081214/ap_on_sc/eu_seeding_the_future

Seeds of hope: Freezing vaults guard Earth's flora
By Gregory Katz, Associated Press Writer
Sun Dec 14, 12:58 pm ET

ARDINGLY, England -- The underground bunker can block nuclear fallout, 
withstand a direct hit by a jetliner, and is cooled to a deathly chill.

The ultramodern facility in the tranquil English countryside looks like a 
perfect lab for a James Bond villain, but it doesn't hide anything 
sinister. The only thing kept here are seeds, lots of them -- more than a 
billion, in fact.

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