permafrost

It may sound like the start of a horror film, but ancient infectious lifeforms are being brought back to life. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have deliberately resurrected microorganisms that have been frozen in Alaska…

Ancient microbes frozen for thousands of years in Siberia's permafrost are thawing, researchers have warned - and could pose a 'disastrous' threat to the human race.Virologist Jean-Michel Claverie has warned that as global warming…

Scientists fear 'time-traveling' pathogens could be leaked into the world as their icy prison in permafrost is melting - and they could spark the next planet and destroy the environment.Ancient viruses, sealed in permafrost for thousands…