The Svalbard Global Seed Vault saw its largest number of new contributors in one day and now holds over 1.2 million seed varieties from 77 countries. Since 2008, the vault has been stockpiling most of the world's crop seeds in below-freezing conditions, in an effort to maintain food diversity and protect plant species from extinction.

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