Experts say facility beyond reach of climate breakdown and other terrestrial events is needed to safeguard biodiversity
The moon’s frigid environment means samples would remain frozen year-round without the need for human involvement or an energy source.The moon’s frigid environment means samples would remain frozen year-round without the need for human involvement or an energy source.With thousands of species at risk of extinction, scientists have devised a radical plan: a vault filled with preserved samples of our planet’s most important and at-risk creatures located on the moon.
would be beyond the reach of climate breakdown, geopolitical events or other Earth-based disasters. The moon’s naturally frigid environment means samples would remain frozen year-round without the need for human involvement or an energy source. By taking advantage of deep craters near the polar regions that are never exposed to sunlight, the moon is one of few places that can provide the ultra-low temperature of -196C necessary to preserve the samples in a way suitable for future cloning.
Hagedorn believes the biorepository proposal will come to fruition, although perhaps not in our lifetime: “We know how to do this and can do this and will do this, but it may take decades to finally achieve,” she said.
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