Newsweek
By Pandora Dewan
November 12, 2023
There could be something big lurking in the Earth’s permafrost.
As the planet continues to warm, scientists fear a host of deadly diseases will be unleashed from the frozen earth, after lying dormant for decades, centuries, and even millennia. The war between Russia and Ukraine has crippled our attempts to prepare ourselves, and the expansion of mining in the polar regions could nudge us even closer to opening this Pandora’s Box.
However, most worrying of all, scientists believe our activities are edging us towards an unknown, ancient threat dubbed “Factor X.”