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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 07 > Stored beneath England: Earth’s insurance policy

Stored beneath England: Earth’s insurance policy

The Millennium Seed Bank Project focuses on crops and wild species

By Gregory Katz / The Bulletin
January 7, 2009

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....

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