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by aaronblohowiak 1597 days ago
literal and figurative re-seeding.

off the top of my head, given unlimited budget, I'd probably have a massive vault of seeds (not just in variety, in quantity, too,) and adequate staff in rotations in a deep-sea bunker. not near a fault line, but deep enough that surface conditions are less likely to impact (no pun intended). Sea vs land because "digging your way out" become less of a problem. If you had a truly unlimited budget, one could imagine an Ark of embryos and a sufficient population of young does of each animal species you sought to preserve.

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You’re in luck! https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vaul...

Though not a deep sea bunker. I imagine there would be trade-offs to that too, like water leaking. Plus, access without submarines could be difficult.

Important to note that it's a backup of a worldwide system of seed/genetic stores, so if that ever gets wiped out, we'd be able to build another one.
Seeds last for a long time. Just keeping them dry will keep a few viable for 5-10 years
That's a good human survival play book. But what are we capable of now to clean the planet after a quadrillion tons of ash and fire hits our atmosphere.