Viral Load

Time-Traveling Pathogens: Update from Siberia


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This week the guys jump back to a topic that started it all in 2019 (episode 1). We're talking zombie viruses and melting permafrost. What are scientists finding beneath the thawing ground? Listen to this week's episode to find out!
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  • https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/driven-by-climate-change-thawing-permafrost-is-radically-changing-the-arctic-landscape#:~:text=The%20thaw%20and%20collapse%20of,over%20the%20past%20two%20decades.
  • https://scitechdaily.com/awakening-ancient-dangers-catastrophic-risks-of-time-traveling-pathogens-from-melting-permafrost/
  • https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-pathogens-ice-wreak-havoc.html
  • https://phys.org/news/2023-07-time-traveling-pathogens-permafrost-pose-environment.html?_gl=1*lf5qof*_ga*OXFKRDc4ZDNaNklxemc2anlKUG84VXhDeC1pdDVSSkpZa21LS21iSHdVQ1ZSSXdtSmIwOVpFN0VJT0VTUVk5Uw..*_ga_6M86390YBL*MTY5MDc2Mjk4OC4yMy4xLjE2OTA3NjI5ODkuMC4wLjA
  • https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011268
  • https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1611525114
  • https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/09/13/what-lies-beneath-melting-glaciers-and-thawing-permafrost/ 
  • https://phys.org/news/2021-10-permafrost-bacteria-viruses.html
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Viral LoadBy Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)

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