All glacier articles
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NewsHumps and bumps provide home for microbes jumpstarting soil formation in glacial moraine
Scientists have discovered how topographical irregularities in barren substrates exposed by a melting Himalayan glacier are driving the formation of a variety of pioneering microbial communities that will pave the way for soil formation.
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NewsClimate change could make High Arctic fertile ground for emerging pandemics
Melting glaciers increase the risk of viral spillover, suggesting the impact of climate change could lead viruses to infect new hosts in the Arctic, according to researchers at the University of Ottawa who performed a novel genetic analysis.
