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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 (benjaminhccarr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2023 23:37:45 JST Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Zombie #Viruses Are Waking Up After 50,000 Years as Planet Warms
Bloomberg looks at "zombie viruses" — long-dormant #microbes which they call "yet another risk that #climatechange poses to #publichealth" as ground that's been frozen for "milleniums" suddenly starts thawing — for example, in the #Arctic, which is warming "faster than any other area on #earth."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientist-sounded-alarm-50-000-080005420.html #climatecrisis
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2. Zombie Viruses Are Waking Up After 50,000 Years as Planet Warms
  
  (Bloomberg) -- A fortnight camping on the mosquito-ridden, muddy banks of the Kolyma River in Russia may not sound like the most glamorous of work trips. But it’s a sacrifice virologist Jean-Michel Claverie was willing to make to uncover the truth about zombie viruses — yet another risk that climate change poses to public health.Most Read from BloombergIsrael Latest: Israeli Death Toll in Hamas Attack Reaches 1,200Hamas Got Around Israel’s Surveillance Prowess by Going DarkIsrael Latest: Top US

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