“Organisms that co-evolved within now-extinct ecosystems from the Cenozoic to the Pleistocene may also emerge and interact with our modern environment in entirely novel ways. A potential example, the emerging Orthopoxvirus species Alaskapox causing skin lesions, has appeared and disappeared in Alaska twice in the last five years. It is possible that the virus was transmitted through animal-human contact, but this novel virus’s origin remains unknown.“
:agony-consuming:
Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken
Take the land that must be taken
Awaken, awaken, awaken, awaken
Devour world, smite forsaken
Rise up from your thousand years of sleep
Break forth from your grave eternally
I command you to rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise
And awaken
I call upon the ancient lords of the underworld to bring forth this beast
When the new normal covid denier dipshits end up being accidentally correct.
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Yes, permafrost melting means microbes will digest the organic material, releasing CO2 or often (even worse) methane, which constitutes a self reinforcing feedback loop among many others.
However, this article talks about another issue: old pathogens frozen in the same permafrost being released, potentially introducing new diseases.
Both are a problem.
