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If I have read the OA correctly, the vault depends on electricity supplies from the local community, has freezers running without spare parts (I'd have expected
by keithpeter 11y ago
If I have read the OA correctly, the vault depends on electricity supplies from the local community, has freezers running without spare parts (I'd have expected a complete duplicate freezer unit kept as parts with regular swap outs for more recent designs after a certain number of hours). The data about the samples is not attached to the samples themselves as well as being indexed off site, and there appears to be no viability checking.
I my understanding is correct, then perhaps agencies should be funding other kinds of activity such as that outlined later in the article.
- dm2 11y agoIt's not critical that the seeds are kept at that temperature, it's just to maximize the amount of time they last. If the freezers fail then it will take several weeks for the temperature to go from -18C (freezer) to -4C (ground temperature), and after that the seeds will still last a very long time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAcyJxIguA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAcyJxIguA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault
- keithpeter 11y agoThanks for clarification on that one, the dramatic opening paragraph seemed to suggest that the sky would fall if the freezer was not repaired immediately. Edit to my original post: the project should be funded along with complementary approaches.