00:00ancient viruses are waking up what if something frozen for 40 000 years suddenly came back to
00:07life deep inside arctic permafrost bacteria and viruses can remain preserved for thousands of
00:14years scientists have even revived ancient viruses from frozen samples in laboratories
00:20as the planet warms and more ice melts material that has been trapped underground for millennia
00:25is being exposed again the unsettling part humans may have never encountered some of these ancient
00:32microorganisms before so the real question may not be what is hidden beneath the ice
00:38but what happens when it finally thaws
