Melting Tibetan glaciers reveal 1,000 potentially dangerous microbes - BGR

Scientists discovered almost 1,000 microbes in extreme Tibetan glaciers in the first dedicated genome catalog of the glacier ecosystem.

Global temperatures continue to rise, with melting glaciers everywhere sending more water into the oceans and land. Ancient permafrost has begun to soften and melt, opening up massive craters within … [+2930 chars]

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