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Åsmund Asdal / Doomsday Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault can protect seeds from radiation, but melting permafrost has revealed a new threat. 

Click above to listen to part 4 of On Thin Ice, featuring Åsmund Asdal, Biologist, Nordic Genetic Resource Center, coordinator for operations and management of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway

On Thin Ice:

Part 1: Peter Wadhams / Sea Ice

Part 2: Eric Rignot / Larsen C

Part 3: Peter Wadhams / Permafrost

Part 4: Åsmund Asdal / Doomsday Vault

Part 5: John Priscu / Microbes Unleashed

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