Ancient Bacterium

Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are thawing, and scientists fear they are releasing bacteria that have been trapped in the ice for thousands of years.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have extracted samples from these glaciers and have discovered that there were 968 species of bacteria of which 82 percent were unknown to science, had not been documented before.

This is the result of a great research work carried out on 21 Tibetan glaciers between 2016 and 2020; The scientists warned that the release of bacteria, whether modern or ancient, trapped in the ice can lead to epidemics and pandemics, these microorganisms can be carriers of new virulence factors that affect plants, animals and also humans.

We are all vulnerable, in fact, researchers fear that the melting of glaciers will cause these bacteria carried by the meltwater to reach rivers such as the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Yangtze, thus launching hundreds of millions of people in India and China.

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