tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Although there is no definitive consensus as to the cause of global warming, there is evidence that the global temperature is continuously rising, and scientists are finding things under the permafrost that could be dangerous to humans.
Scientists in France have recently thawed and revived an ancient virus found in the Siberian permafrost. Although this 30,000-year-old one-celled organism, known as Pithovirus sibericum, is not dangerous to humans, it leaves many questioning what else may be lurking underground that would revive on its own as permafrost thaws due to global warming.
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http://www.wsusignpost.com/2014/03/30/thawing-permafrost-reveals-undiscovered-viruses-48571
Scientists in France have recently thawed and revived an ancient virus found in the Siberian permafrost. Although this 30,000-year-old one-celled organism, known as Pithovirus sibericum, is not dangerous to humans, it leaves many questioning what else may be lurking underground that would revive on its own as permafrost thaws due to global warming.
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http://www.wsusignpost.com/2014/03/30/thawing-permafrost-reveals-undiscovered-viruses-48571