[nonbel]

Thanks, so then the first line is straight up fake news:

>"It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world’s most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity’s food supply forever."

[Serubin]

I think it's safe to assume that while it's not the immediate intention, it certainly can act as such in a pinch.

[nonbel]

This story makes it sounds like it can't because the vault was not built to last even 10 years.