Thompson said there isn't any evidence at this stage that the frozen viruses described in the new study are capable of being revived
The paper discusses how glaciers are shrinking due to global warming, a hallmark of human-exacerbated climate change, and says the melting will lead "the loss of those ancient, archived microbes and viruses.""We know very little about viruses and microbes in these extreme environments, and what is actually there," said Thompson