Ancient pathogens emerging from melting ice and permafrost risk eroding ecosystems

Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jul 28, 2023

Climate change could hasten the release of 'time-travelling' pathogens from melting permafrost and ice that have been trapped for millennia. Their emergence increases threats to the global environment and even humanity itself. While melting glaciers and permafrost risk the re-emergence of many types of dormant pathogens, the potential destruction to modern ecosystems posed by these microbe