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I get that climate change is a problem but this article reads like they blame it and man-made effects 100%. Shouldn't the vault be very well constructed against
by icelancer 8y ago
I get that climate change is a problem but this article reads like they blame it and man-made effects 100%. Shouldn't the vault be very well constructed against things like this, especially since it's supposed to stand for decades without human intervention?
- fanzhang 8y agoTotally. The vault is supposed to stand up to unseen man-made disasters, and variability in a known trend caused a breach in integrity? I'm not sure this says that global warming is much faster than predicted by the most aggressive models 10 years ago, as it says the vault was simply not designed well. I applaud the cause, but for a worldwide backup, it does suggest more resources/design could have been used.
- yoz-y 8y agoThe headlines at that time were largely sensational. Some precisions were made later: the seeds were never in danger, only the beginning of the tunnel was flooded. The tunnel is long and it is there precisely for this reason.