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    Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms

    http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/2…

    What would happen if we were suddenly exposed to deadly bacteria and viruses that have been absent for thousands of years, or that we have never met before?

    We may be about to find out. Climate change is melting permafrost soils that have been frozen for thousands of years, and as the soils melt they are releasing ancient viruses and bacteria that, having lain dormant, are springing back to life.

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    • This article was written a few years ago...yuekit
    • Meanwhile scientists just discovered 28 unknown viruses trapped in a glacier in Tibet
      https://www.livescie…      yuekit
    • https://www.livescie…yuekit
    • Those organisms can't infect humans simply because there were no humans last time they were active...zarkonite
    • The article says thousands of years old. That would put it well within the range for humans. Also didn’t almost all the recentyuekit
    • viruses jump from animals to humans due to mutation?yuekit
    • sounds like the premise for a shitty tv show that one might find on netflix...
      ... oh wait      PonyBoy
    • https://www.youtube.…yuekit
    • You think coronavirus is bad... wait till you get dinoflushapesalad
    • That’s racist shape, it’s called Precambrian-19Gnash
    • Velociraptor-19Bennn
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