I don't know about you, but I find news stories like this to be a bit scary. Not to sound like an alarmist, but something called the "doomsday vault" connotes certain images of widespread panic and global strife -- at least it does in mind. Then again, considering that this vault -- which is filled with samples of the world's most important seeds -- is already being called a Noah's Ark of food, it would appear that I'm not the only person who harbors this sentiment of concern.

The vault itself has been carved into the permafrost of a mountain located in the arctic, not far from the North Pole. According to a report on Yahoo! News, the vault has the capacity to hold up to 4.5 million batches of seeds from all known varieties of the planet's main food crops, making it possible to re-establish plants if they disappear from their natural environment or are obliterated by major disasters.

To read the full Yahoo! News article on the so-called "doomsday vault," click HERE.