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I don't get their test case. They took it to the lab, and thawed it up to room temperature? That's not going to happen. It's going to get warmer, maybe just
by legohead 9y ago
I don't get their test case. They took it to the lab, and thawed it up to room temperature? That's not going to happen. It's going to get warmer, maybe just warm enough for the bacteria to thaw, and then immediately die. Did they do any realistic tests?
- robotsonic 9y agoAt first, I agreed, but then realized there's two issues with the argument I can think of: 1) to get to the warmer temperatures, you need to pass through the room temperature stage first. Things might change quickly, but not THAT quickly, meaning whatever is lurking in the soil can cause havoc/mutate/etc. before hitting it's upper temperature limits. 2) The areas where permafrost is generally found see summer temperatures generally at or below 'room temperature' now. I do agree, that their tests could have been more thorough and included future scenario temperatures, but may underestimate the problem by not allowing mutation time.
- sulam 9y agoHow warm do you really think things are going to get? There's no support for temperatures going up more than 20C. Bacteria will do just fine.
- GlennS 9y agoI think you've misunderstood the comment you were replying to. I think they mean that the bacteria will not reach room temperature (20℃), but will get just warm enough to thaw out (1℃ or 2℃). The reason they could die is probably not heat, but lack of anything to eat.