Chili peppers stored in Arctic doomsday vault

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 09:49 in Earth & Climate

Seeds from some of North America's hottest chili peppers were recently delivered to the cool Arctic and stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, where they'll be safe for centuries in case some terrestrial catastrophe renders them otherwise extinct. Svalbard Global Seed Vault - Arctic - Chili pepper - Home - Cooking

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