Could thawing permafrost unleash the next pandemic? Permafrost stores bacteria with antibiotic resistance as well as viruses like pox, anthrax or influenza that can affect human health, says Prof. Dr. Holger Frey, Group Leader of Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics at the University of Zurich.
What effect does thawing permafrost have on climate change and infrastructure? Did you know that the soils in the Arctic permafrost store twice as much carbon as the atmosphere does? Frey explains what permafrost is and what dangers it poses to human health, infrastructure and the climate as it melts.
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