New viruses emerging in glacial melt...etcetera

Rufous McKinney

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We need to prepare for the emergence of viruses (and bacteria and other...critters) that we have not been around for a very long time.

Anthrax emerged from the permafrost out of the body of a frozen reindeer that died 75 years ago.

Here is info from a general magazine, Popular Mechanics.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a30643717/viruses-found-melting-glacier/

And I"m trying to determine what is the current status of the Seed repository-in Svalbard.