The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

In effect, if we keep on the trend of wasting these natural resources. It won’t be too long before these resources to run out. It might take

Around the world our water supply is depleting. Our water is becoming contaminated making it harmful for both mammals and aquatic life. Today over one billion people go without adequate water supply and every fifteen seconds a child dies of waterborne illness. Sources of water that once supplied water to millions can no longer meet the supply and demand of the water need. Scientist predict that the amount of useful water will keep depleting greatly in the years to come. In the next couple of pages it will talk about both the geological and human reasons as to why are water supply is depleting.

Water isn’t the only natural resource that isn’t looking great. In the last five years the world consumed 27 billion barrels of oil a year, but the oil industry only discovers three billion a year. Only one barrel is being replaced for every 9 barrels used.

ou can only have so much good before it is all gone. Resource depletion is the biggest environmental issues known to man. As humans we’re using what we have to live, but we use more than we give out. Through science, we’re finally starting to understand that people are using too much of the resources and altering the face of the earth. If we’re not careful, these problems can’t be fixed.

Never in the history of the human species have we been in such a rapidly changing environment. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, we have been making social, economical, scientific, and environmental changes and advancements at an unprecedented rate. Societal advancements, while much appreciated by the average Joe, have been detrimental to our environment. Every days forests are cut, rivers polluted, and once ecologically important areas are cemented over to compensate for our rapidly growing population. As the status of our natural world becomes more critical by the year it is important that we look at the driving factors and reasons for this destruction of the natural world. While pollutants and globalization are the driving

Another very crucial environmental issue, besides global warming, involves the finite nature of natural re, which are being depleted faster than their replenishment rates. The development model of the 20th century, which promoted the continuous consumption of products, has resulted in the reduction of agriculture land, food, water re as also fossil fuels. If humanity continues to consume fossil fuels at the same rate as today, oil re will run out by 2030, gas by 2040 and coal by 2200. By 2025, the number of people suffering due to water stress will rise to approximately 3.5 billion and almost half the world’s population is expected to experience high water stress by

Having seeds in a vault is important all around the world just incase a war happens and wipe a seed vault. Like what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan, a seed vault was wiped out during a war but thank god we had more than one seeds vault in the world because if we didn't we’ll have to restart all over again. The purpose of the Svalbard seed vault is not only to preserve seeds but to also keep seeds for other countries like a bank. Other countries can deposits there seeds in the svalbard vault. I think this is a great idea because in the philippines there vault was flooded. So if this ever happens again all they have to do is withdraw some seeds from the Svalbard vault and store it to there new one.

It may not seem like it, but we’re running out of room on Earth. In modern calculations, human beings are currently causing the greatest mass extinction of species since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago at rates 1000 to 10,000 times faster than normal. Following this current issue, our resources are dropping. Natural resources, such as water, are diminishing at an astonishing rate, due to over consumption by society. Not only are we losing these resources, but we’re

Environmental issues have been a big problem since the 70’s, we were warned that if we continued to treat the planet as we already were, and there would be consequences not only on the planet but humans as well. Human beings are continuously destroying the planet and in the process wasting water; yet demanding that we have fresh water for everyone. “By 2050, the global population will demand roughly 80 percent more energy and 55 percent more water than today” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adnan-z-amin/the-intersection-of-water_b_8031834.html.) Water covers about 75 percent of the earth and this gets divided into ponds, lakes and rivers. If humans were to lose water as a resource that would have a huge effect on a great many things. We would

nearly 7.3 billion people can be a disaster if we don’t use many resources. The over use of natural

All around the world, people are consuming more resources, than what can be replenished in the same amount of time. The United States has one of the largest ecological footprints around the world; we are depleting resources very

The world is frequently changing. With an increase in technology, and populations there is a need for more resources. The competition of resources could potentially deplete the natural resources over time unless it is continually restored. This has however, become a pretty arduous task with factors such as global warming coming into play. Global warming has especially played a pretty crucial role in the rising of sea levels and even the extreme temperature changes. Over time, these changes could presumably get worse affecting the populations they entail.

Having a seed vault is very important for countries around the world, because these seeds if anything goes bad like a nuclear bomb goes off then these seeds are the only thing that we have that can bring back our agriculture. The special thing with the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is that anyone who put their seeds in the vault can get them back free of charge if they come back and get it. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located just 620 miles away from the North Pole.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was completed in 2008 in the side of the Platåberget mountain in Norway, containing three separate vaults with the ability to house 4.5 million seed samples containing around 500 seeds each, for a total of 2.25 billion seeds (Breen, 2015). Breen (2015) explains that the vault has approximately 820,000 seed samples as of 2015. Westengen et al. (2013) details that 95% of the United Nation states are currently represented in the vault.

The seed vault is the global backup of the world's crop diversity. It is the final backup”. Why is storing seeds important for now and the future? People have built a seed vault in a place in Norway called Svalbard seed vault known as the doomsday vault. Also, how the vault can hold up to 2.25 billion seeds in a three storage vault and is built in the side of a mountain. And where states can come if they’re in need of seeds. On page 13 in the junior scholastic in paragraph 1-4 talks or bring about the point of the vault distribution. I believe that people prefer calling Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Doomsday vault because, people believe that it is designed to help countries, rebuild the supply of crops after a devastating event that has