2.06.2007

the fort knox of seeds


This is one of those stories where science fiction becomes science fact. On the island of Svalbard, Norwegians are building an International Seed Bank out of solid rock, to store up to 3 million varieties of plant seeds. Good to know somebody's thinking ahead.

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You know I am glad you put this post-apocalypse(P-A)label in. I was disappointed however to find that this is your ONLY P-A post to date. For the record, I would really be interested in reading more P-A related posts from my favorite particle physicist. Your rubric for individual P-A usefulness for example...
 
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* In general a rubric is a scoring guide used in subjective assessments. A rubric implies that a rule defining the criteria of an assessment system is followed in evaluation. A rubric can be an explicit description of performance characteristics corresponding to a point on a rating scale. A scoring rubric makes explicit expected qualities of performance on a rating scale or the definition of a single scoring point on a scale.
 
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