r/TellMeAFact May 31 '26

TMAF about: The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it'd stay frozen w/o human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

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UnteachableCourses May 31 '26

The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it would stay frozen without human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

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geopolitics2 May 31 '26

The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it would stay frozen without human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

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Doomsdaypreps May 31 '26

The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it would stay frozen without human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

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Svalbard May 31 '26

The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it would stay frozen without human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

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ClimateNews May 31 '26

The Svalbard "Doomsday" Seed Vault was built on permafrost so it would stay frozen without human intervention. The permafrost is now melting — Svalbard is warming 6-7x the global rate. After meltwater breached the tunnel in 2017, Norway spent $20M on a retrofit to artificially freeze the ground

20 Upvotes