Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost

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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost

By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 8, 2023

 

The open access paper is:

 

Alempic, J.M., Lartigue, A., Goncharov, A.E., Grosse, G., Strauss, J., Tikhonov, A.N.,

Fedorov, A.N., Poirot, O., Legendre, M., Santini, S. and Abergel, C., 2023. An update

on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost. Viruses, 15(2), p.564-570. 

 

Another paper is:

 

Miner, K.R., D’Andrilli, J., Mackelprang, R., Edwards, A., Malaska, M.J., Waldrop,

M.P. and Miller, C.E., 2021. Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost

degradation. Nature Climate Change, 11(10), pp.809-819.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited March 8, 2023 by Oxytropidoceras
added another paper