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

[Paul]

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen 
in permafrost
By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 8, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/world/permafrost-virus-risk-climate-scn/index.html

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),  
no. 564.
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/2/564

Another open access 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.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01162-y

Yours,

Paul H.