$9-million 'Doomsday' vault to get $13-million upgrade
Norway plans to spend $13 million to upgrade the $9-million seed vault on an Arctic island built 10 years ago to protect the world's food supplies from doomsday scenarios. The vault containing 900,000 seed samples was flooded in late 2016 due to record temperatures. The revamp would cover construction of a concrete-built access tunnel, besides emergency power and refrigerating systems.