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The Permafrost’s “Revenant” Microbes Are Slowly Awaking. This Is Bad News for Climate Change

The frozen, barren soil of the Arctic isn’t as lifeless as it looks. Locked inside the permafrost is a strikingly diverse ...
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Scientists Resurrect 40,000-Year-Old Microbes From Alaskan Permafrost. What They Found Raised Worries About the Future of a Warming Arctic

Roughly 40,000 years ago, microbes went dormant in a rock-like layer of frozen soil near the future site of Fairbanks, Alaska ...
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Revived 40,000-Year-Old Microbes in the Arctic Could Release Greenhouse Gases

Learn more about these ancient microorganisms that have been buried in permafrost for 40,000 years, and how, as the climate ...