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Sam Nichols for Future Tense

Could a frozen ancient virus thawed by climate change cause the next pandemic?

Pandemics are expected to increase in the future. Do we have the tools to protect ourselves? (Reuters: Thomas Peter)

Climate change threatens human life in many ways but one of the less obvious could be a rise in pandemics.

A warming climate could release ancient pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, that have been frozen in permafrost in the polar regions for millennia, Jean-Michel Claverie tells ABC RN's Future Tense.

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