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<blockquote data-quote="Original Happy Camper" data-source="post: 76180015" data-attributes="member: 385722"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">And</span> </p><p></p><p>A heatwave that hit Siberia this summer may have unleashed a horde of long-frozen bacteria that now threatens the entire region. An outbreak of anthrax in western Siberia has claimed the lives of 1,500 reindeer since <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/28/anthrax-sickens-13-in-western-siberia-and-a-thawed-out-reindeer-corpse-may-be-to-blame/?postshare=2951469801095885&tid=ss_tw" target="_blank">July 24</a>, and <a href="https://news.vice.com/article/reindeer-dead-humans-hospitalized-anthrax-outbreak-russia-siberia" target="_blank">40 Yamal nomads</a>, including four children, have been hospitalized. Some reports say that a <a href="https://www.rt.com/news/354139-anthrax-siberia-boy-dead/" target="_blank">12-year-old boy has died</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/zombie-anthrax-outbreak-in-siberia-blamed-on-thawedout-infected-reindeer-corpse/" target="_blank">'Zombie' Anthrax Outbreak In Siberia Blamed On Thawed-Out Infected Reindeer Corpse</a></p><p></p><p>Sibera is permafrost</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up</strong></span></p><p>Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up" target="_blank">There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up</a></p><p></p><p>Are viruses and other microbes in the ice a potential threat to human health?</p><p></p><p>So yes, viruses and bacteria are present in ancient ice, including the ice patches where we work. This is backed by solid science. The second part of the question is then: Are they a potential threat to human health? There is no clear science here yet. Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, of the Aix-Marseille University School of Medicine in France, are concerned that rising temperatures could lead to ancient, but still infectious viruses thawing out of the ice. They believe this could potentially be a threat to human health.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/03/09/virus-microbes-ice/" target="_blank">Can deadly virus and microbes survive in the ice? - Secrets of the Ice</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Fires melt permafrost</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Original Happy Camper, post: 76180015, member: 385722"] [SIZE=6]And[/SIZE] A heatwave that hit Siberia this summer may have unleashed a horde of long-frozen bacteria that now threatens the entire region. An outbreak of anthrax in western Siberia has claimed the lives of 1,500 reindeer since [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/28/anthrax-sickens-13-in-western-siberia-and-a-thawed-out-reindeer-corpse-may-be-to-blame/?postshare=2951469801095885&tid=ss_tw']July 24[/URL], and [URL='https://news.vice.com/article/reindeer-dead-humans-hospitalized-anthrax-outbreak-russia-siberia']40 Yamal nomads[/URL], including four children, have been hospitalized. Some reports say that a [URL='https://www.rt.com/news/354139-anthrax-siberia-boy-dead/']12-year-old boy has died[/URL]. [URL="https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/zombie-anthrax-outbreak-in-siberia-blamed-on-thawedout-infected-reindeer-corpse/"]'Zombie' Anthrax Outbreak In Siberia Blamed On Thawed-Out Infected Reindeer Corpse[/URL] Sibera is permafrost [SIZE=6][B]There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up[/B][/SIZE] Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries [URL="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up"]There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up[/URL] Are viruses and other microbes in the ice a potential threat to human health? So yes, viruses and bacteria are present in ancient ice, including the ice patches where we work. This is backed by solid science. The second part of the question is then: Are they a potential threat to human health? There is no clear science here yet. Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, of the Aix-Marseille University School of Medicine in France, are concerned that rising temperatures could lead to ancient, but still infectious viruses thawing out of the ice. They believe this could potentially be a threat to human health. [URL="https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/03/09/virus-microbes-ice/"]Can deadly virus and microbes survive in the ice? - Secrets of the Ice[/URL] [SIZE=6]Fires melt permafrost[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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