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Researchers have successfully reanimated the bodies of 46,000-year-old microscopic roundworms they found frozen in the Siberian permafrost.

Worms: Resurrection

"They don‘t need to find males and have sex, they just start making eggs, which develop."

Scientists Resurrect 46,000 Year Old Worms, Which Instantly Started Reproducing

Scientists have decided to resurrect ancient "zombie" viruses found in permafrost in an effort to head off one of climate change's freakiest eventualities.

Climate Crazies

Studies

What could possibly go wrong?

We're Totally OK With This 48,500 Year Old "Zombie" Virus Being Resurrected

A team of scientists uncovered a source of greenhouse gas emissions in the melting permafrost of Siberia, an alarming development for the global climate.

Tick. Tick. Tick.

"It's not good news if it's right."

Scientists Warn of Methane "Time Bomb" in Siberia

Alarming research reveals that each time the Arctic permafrost thawed in the past, it released unimaginable amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

Lessons Unlearned

Ancient thawings released incredible amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

This Is the Devastating Potential of the Arctic Permafrost Melting

A new study suggests that filling the Arctic with huge numbers of grazing animals could help fight climate change and keep the permafrost frozen.

Gentrifying Siberia

Here's a weird idea.

Filling Arctic With Giant Animals Could Slow Climate Change

Scientists who were melting permafrost ice to look for ancient microbes were surprised to see a pile of 41,000 year-old worms wake up and wiggle around.

Defrosting Meats

"If they survived 41,000 years, I have no idea what the upper limit is."

Scientists Melted Ancient Ice and a Long-Dead Worm Wriggled Out

Yikes. So what happens when the Alaskan permafrost thaws and all that mercury escapes?

Oh, Great: There's Lots of Mercury in the Thawing Permafrost

Pockets in the permafrost that have deeply thawed are responsible for 17 percent of all measured methane in the region

Scientists Assert Climate Change is Allowing Greenhouse Gases to Escape From Melting Permafrost

The seeds that could eventually save humanity are at risk.

Melting Permafrost Threatens The "Doomsday" Seed Bunker

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Global warming is a danger to our planet and our health.

Climate Change Is Freeing Ancient Infections From Their Icy Prisons

Taking a page out of the Seth Brundle Guide to Experimentation.

A Scientist Injected Himself with 3.5 Million-Year-Old Bacteria Hoping to "Extend Life"

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