Arctic Thaw: Old, Giant viruses could be unleashed as the arctic thaws.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/arctic-melt-could-unleash-giant-viruses?akid=13479.294211.dCS0uW&rd=1&src=newsletter1042471&t=8

Maybe we should have taken Global Warming seriously 30 years ago.

ENVIRONMENT

Sounds Like Sci-Fi Horror, but It's Frighteningly Real: Giant Viruses May Be Unleashed by Arctic Thaw

Scientists have found pathogens in permafrost that remain infectious after 30,000 years.