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Pesquisadores perfuram a Geleira Guliya, no Planalto Tibetano, por amostras: análise dos genomas de vírus permitiu vislumbrar 41 mil anos de história de adaptação dos micro-organismos às mudanças climáticas. Lonnie Thompson

Genomas antigos de vírus preservados em geleiras revelam uma história de mudanças climáticas

Zhi-Ping Zhong, The Ohio State University; Ellen Mosley-Thompson, The Ohio State University; Lonnie Thompson, The Ohio State University; Matthew Sullivan, The Ohio State University, and Virginia Rich, The Ohio State University

Amostras de gelo extraídas do Planalto Tibetano permitiram aos cientistas recuperar o equivalente a 1.705 espécies de vírus, cujos genomas contam a história de 41 mil anos de mudanças climáticas.
The researchers drilling on the Guliya Glacier. Lonnie Thompson

Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change

Zhi-Ping Zhong, The Ohio State University; Ellen Mosley-Thompson, The Ohio State University; Lonnie Thompson, The Ohio State University; Matthew Sullivan, The Ohio State University, and Virginia Rich, The Ohio State University

From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change.
There are even more types of viruses in the ocean than researchers once thought. newannyart/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

Guillermo Dominguez Huerta, The Ohio State University; Ahmed Zayed, The Ohio State University; James Wainaina, The Ohio State University, and Matthew Sullivan, The Ohio State University

Viruses do more than just cause disease – they also influence ecosystems and the processes that shape the planet. Tracing their evolution could help researchers better understand how viruses work.

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