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Looking forward to reading this more carefully later. I find the idea of visiting Antarctica super interesting and I'm glad she talks about the prep/training th
by intrepidhero 7y ago
Looking forward to reading this more carefully later. I find the idea of visiting Antarctica super interesting and I'm glad she talks about the prep/training that went into it as will as how science is done practically in the coldest places on Earth.
I'm also curious if there are any valid concerns of super bugs getting released from melting Antarctic ice? A bit morbid but all this unknown life being released could have interesting results.
- RandallBrown 7y agoI'm not expert on these things, but if these microbes evolved without any animals around, I wouldn't have expected them to evolve any of the characteristics that make some bacteria harmful. For example, our immune system should be able to handle them easily, because they never had to fight an immune system before. There could be some crazy thing that happens, but I bet the odds are low enough that we don't need to worry too much.