{"id":10672,"date":"2022-12-03T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T03:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10672"},"modified":"2022-12-03T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:26:04","slug":"what-is-a-zombie-virus","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/what-is-a-zombie-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a zombie virus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Zombie virus is a virus that emerged due to the thawing of permafrost as the global temperature is rising\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-12-03T09:18:53+05:30\">3rd December 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Researchers examined ancient virus samples collected from permafrost in the Siberian region of Russia. About two dozen viruses have been revived, and among these is a virus that has been frozen under a lake for over 48,000 years. As many as 13 new pathogens have been classified as &#8220;zombie viruses.&#8221; Shockingly, the viruses have been infectious despite being trapped for thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The virus that is 48,500 years old, called Pandoravirus yedoma, is named after the mythological character&nbsp;<em>Pandora<\/em>. It has been buried in ice and has emerged due to the <strong>thawing of permafrost as the global temperature is rising.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Also, due to climate warming,<strong> irreversibly thawing permafrost is releasing organic matter that has been frozen for up to a million years<\/strong>, most of which decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, further enhancing the greenhouse effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The so-called<strong> zombie viruses are no threat to people, <\/strong>being types that infect only microorganisms, but other pathogens released in the future as permafrost melts could, scientists say, pose risks to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>It is believed that pandemics like<strong> COVID-19&nbsp;will become more common in the future<\/strong> as melting permafrost releases microbes that might have been dormant for hundreds or even thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>About a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, which is primarily found in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia. 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