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Researchers have looked to the biblical story of Noah and his ark to safeguard the Earth's flora and fauna. But instead of gathering two of every animal, a new solar-powered ark will store [...]

>> a snowy fortress may seem like an odd choice for the largest selection of crops on earth, but thats exactly where the world places its seed samples and its fate. >> reporter: rooking more like a villains layer in a james bond movie than where humanity has banked its seeds of survival. we walk into a long cement forboding hallway. safety helmets line the wall, protection against falling ice.

Storage area for the seeds. organizations have deposited 860,000 seed samples. last month researcher had to secretly ship 40,000 of them to stations in morocco and lebanon. the reason? one of the regional centers of seeds is in aleppo. and because of the war, scientists cant use it properly. the samples included crops native to the war southern. they say the plan is for works at the other facilities to reproduce the crops and send new seeds back north. officials say they conducted the shipment i...