[HN Gopher] The Leningrad botanists who saved the first seed bank
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       The Leningrad botanists who saved the first seed bank
        
       Author : robaato
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2024-11-12 11:31 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | bfelbo wrote:
       | We might need to preserve seeds again due to climate change.
       | Impressive to read about those who literally sacrificed their
       | life during a siege for science and the future of humanity.
       | Thanks for sharing.
        
         | Etheryte wrote:
         | There are multiple national and international initiatives that
         | have been building seed banks for a long time, what do you mean
         | with the again?
        
           | mmooss wrote:
           | Also, there's talk of putting one on the moon.
        
         | vbezhenar wrote:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
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         | After nuclear war I'm going to head there.
        
           | Etheryte wrote:
           | I love the fact that [0] is one of the videos you see when
           | you look it up on Google Maps.
           | 
           | [0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/fWHX7Ba4B6H9iemf7
        
           | xeeeeeeeeeeenu wrote:
           | Virtual tour of the vault:
           | https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html
        
           | BurningFrog wrote:
           | The food should last quite a while!
        
       | dylan604 wrote:
       | Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson also did an episode on this:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqVg6BXXtA
        
         | unlog wrote:
         | > The uploader has not made this video available in your
         | country
         | 
         | We really need a civilization changing event to rethink some
         | stuff.
        
           | teddyh wrote:
           | <magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2650E9B1E36E713DD78BAFC638408A491854B839
           | >
        
       | jhbadger wrote:
       | Elise Blackwell wrote "Hunger", a novel about these botanists,
       | which I thought was well done.
        
       | AcerbicZero wrote:
       | Trying to do science in the soviet union certainly provided
       | plenty of unrequested opportunities to become a hero, thats for
       | sure.
        
         | FpUser wrote:
         | Can't pass that lying dog without kicking?
        
       | yeetusus wrote:
       | see: Lysenkoism
        
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