Could Glacier Melt Cause a Pandemic?

“Bacteria species found in glacial ice could pose disease risk as glaciers melt from global warming.” Such was the headline at Phys.org for an article announcing that Chinese researchers obtained snow, ice and cryoconite from several glaciers; attempted to grow the bacteria they scraped up; and sequenced all the DNA they found. The article went […]

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