Science fiction is rife with fanciful tales of deadly organisms emerging from the ice and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting human victims.
However, despite the unfathomably large number of microorganisms being released from melting ice , no one has been able to estimate the risk this poses to modern ecosystems., we calculated the ecological risks posed by the release of unpredictable ancient viruses.
We then measured the impacts of this invading pathogen on the diversity of modern host bacteria in thousands of simulations, and compared these to simulations where no invasion occurred. In the worst case scenario, the invasion reduced the size of its host community by 30% when compared to controls.
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