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'Doomsday' vault opens its doors (世界末日地窖啟用了 ???)
其實這是蓋在靠近北極圈屬於挪威的一個外島上的一個種子庫, 正式啟用當天據說有很多顯要(dignitary)均出席了
Leading dignitaries have attended the official opening of a 'doomsday' seed vault built 130m (426ft) inside a mountain on a remote Arctic island.
蓋這個種子庫的目的 ?
The vault, designed to withstand all natural and human disaster, will house samples of all known food crops.
"Crop diversity will soon prove to be our most potent and indispensable resource for addressing (在為對付之意) climate change, water and energy supply constraints, and for meeting the food needs of a growing population," predicted Cary Fowler, the Trust's executive director.
Dr Fowler said the role of the facility was not to replace national seed banks, but to act as insurance by storing duplicates of seeds from national collections.
If seeds are lost, for example as a result of a natural disaster, the collection can be re-established by using samples stored at Svalbard.
何以選擇此地 ?
The site, 1,000km (621 miles) north of mainland Norway, was chosen because it was geologically stable, remote, and the surrounding permafrost would act as natural refrigeration to keep the facility at the temperature needed to preserve the seeds.
這個種子庫的安全防護 ? 次標題顯示這是一個'Fail-safe' facility (自動防止故障危害的, 萬全的)設施
The vault consists of three secure rooms at the end of a 125m (410ft) tunnel, and four sets of locked doors.
Doomsday 或 Doom's Day 指的是最後的審判日或世界的末日, 如果沒有相關宗教信仰, 比較少看到這個字; 不過, 查詢過程發現有一漫畫(或動畫 ??)就叫 Doomsday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(comics), 至於其原始意涵在維基百科也有說明http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday
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