A new study examines the link between two of the biggest issues threatening U.S. cities: climate change and gun violence. https://t.co/1neQJMRKaN

— The Trace (@teamtrace) January 2, 2023

A long article but really good reporting: A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River https://t.co/fJzPIz4TMG via @jricole

— UWPartnership (@UWP_OurayCounty) December 29, 2022

One study after another is coming to the same conclusion: the Arctic is heating up much faster than earlier research suggested https://t.co/e3kxEG1G3u

— Scientific American (@sciam) December 23, 2022

The Euro model, considered the most accurate weather model in the world, is forecasting one of the most extreme arctic blasts in US history late next week.

Temperatures are forecast to be up to 60 degrees below normal!

Luckily, there is less than a 10% chance this occurs. pic.twitter.com/fCSSQGhv18

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) December 14, 2022

A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost
Seven viruses from the Siberian permafrost have been revived and replicated themselves in the lab – including the oldest revived so farhttps://t.co/mMGMXEBdsy

— Samuel Jacobs (@Samuel_Jacobs_) November 25, 2022

Oh sure, like that’s not the opening scene from every science fiction movie ever! Via Common Dreams:

As our world continues to warm up, vast areas of permafrost are rapidly melting, releasing material that’s been trapped for up to a million years. This includes uncountable numbers of microbes that have been lying dormant for hundreds of millennia.

To study these emerging microbes, scientists from the French National Center for Scientific Research have now revived a number of these “zombie viruses” from the Siberian permafrost, including one thought to be nearly 50,000 years old – a record age for a frozen virus returning to a state capable of infecting other organisms.

The team behind the study, led by microbiologist Jean-Marie, says these ancient viruses are potentially a significant threat to public health, and further study needs to be done to assess the danger that these infectious agents could pose as the permafrost melts.