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Pathogens In Permafrost: Climate Change Creates A New Health Risk From The Past

​A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska.
A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska. U.S.Geological Survey/Flickr

French researchers have recovered a pair of viruses that were long frozen below the Siberian tundra. In this case, the microorganisms are harmless, but others may not be.

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