A warming climate could bring viruses in the Arctic into contact with new environments and hosts, increasing the risk of "viral spillover", according to research published Wednesday.
As the world warms and glacier melt continues, the Arctic could become "fertile ground" for new viral pandemics, with climate change increasing the risk of the next Ebola, influenza, or SARS-CoV-2 arriving sooner rather than later.
Scientists investigated how climate change may affect the risk of spillover - a virus jumping to another species - by examining samples from Lake Hazen in the Arctic.