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Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered in Melting Tibetan Glaciers

Close In core samples taken from glacier ice in Tibet, a team of microbiologists discovered 33 distinct viruses dating back to the Pleistocene. They believe the viral communities were active on glacier surfaces before they were frozen. Some of them are still active within the ice cores. The Guliya viruses discovered in the ice cap are assumed to have infected the microorganisms that lived on the same ice. The researchers aren t sure when those infections occurred-whether they were most active before the ice cap arose or only thrived after it did. Their comprehensive study of the viruses ecology was published in the journal Microbiome recently with the title

Chinese, U S Scientists Unearth Ancient Frozen Mystery Viruses

Chinese, U.S. Scientists Unearth Ancient Frozen Mystery Viruses Mario Tama/Getty Images 22 Jul 2021 Scientists found more than 30 viruses, many never seen before, frozen in glaciers near the Tibetan Plateau in China. Lead author and researcher at the Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Zhi-Ping Zhong released a statement that explained the “glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice.” “The glaciers in western China are not well-studied, and our goal is to use this information to reflect past environments. And viruses are a part of those environments,” Zhong wrote.

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