Viruses

  • Viruses dating back 15,000 years have been detected in Tibetan glacier ice.

    Viruses dating back 15,000 years have been detected in Tibetan glacier ice.

    Scientists studying glacier ice discovered viruses that were about 15,000 years old in two samples retrieved from China’s Tibetan Plateau. The majority of those viruses, which survived because they were frozen, are unlike any viruses ever cataloged. The findings, which were published in the journal Microbiome today, could aid scientists in better understanding how viruses…