EPISODE · Jan 12, 2026 · 28 MIN
Permafrost Pandora’s Box
from Microbial Mondays · host Merel Sijbranda and Alex Cloherty
The summer of 2016 was warm in Siberia. So warm that the permafrost melted more than usual… releasing a dangerous microbe out onto the surface. In this episode, we dive into this historical example of an old microbe emerging from the permafrost, talk about how microbes can survive in the deep cold… and idee should be worried about what else might emerge.
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