• Question: I've heard that many types of bacteria and viruses are frozen in ice. Is this true?

    Asked by Fabiana to Bruno Silvester on 13 Jul 2023.
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      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Yes. especially in the permafrost (permanently frozen layer below Earth’s surface). when that melts like the ice in antartica..these bacteria and viruses have the potential to spread across the world.

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