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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost

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Bill Giannopoulos


Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost – a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground – and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years, could endanger animal and human health.

Read the article on cnn.com https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/08/world/permafrost-virus-risk-climate-scn/index.html

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