# The best laid plans of mice and norsemen

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-norsemen/787032 "2017-05-19T20:31:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-norsemen/787032/1 "2017-05-19T20:31:15Z")

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Remember the World Seed Bank, set into permafrost in a Norwegian island with the intention of storing seed for future generations? Opened in 2008? Well, [it is already flooding](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts?CMP=share_btn_tw).

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-norsemen/787032/2 "2017-05-19T21:10:46Z")

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I do remember. Climate change is a bitch.

In other pole-warming news, [Antarctica is greening up](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-is-turning-antarctica-green/).

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-norsemen/787032/3 "2017-05-19T22:53:31Z")

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> [@teela\_brown](#):
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> In other pole-warming news, [Antarctica is greening up](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-is-turning-antarctica-green/).

Great, they can use the seeds!