As if there weren’t enough problems with thawing tundra. A virus of unprecedented size has been isolated from Russian permafrost 30,000 years old and reactivated. Dubbed a pithovirus after the Greek ...
Researchers revived a giant virus that had been buried in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years, NBC News reported. Although the virus only infects single-celled organisms and can't harm humans, its ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The 2016 Siberian Anthrax outbreak wasn’t just a freak ...
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