With global warming, glaciers will melt for thousands of years. Will this lead to frequent plagues?

In recent years, natural disasters have occurred all over the world. This is related to the melting of glaciers after global warming. After the melting of glaciers, the global sea level rises, and natural disasters such as floods and tsunamis occur frequently. However, melting glaciers are likely to expose human beings to viruses that have been frozen for thousands of years. Compared with 350 years ago, the melting area of glaciers has decreased by almost a quarter, and scientists predict that it will melt by another quarter by 2050. Once the glacier continent begins to melt, the super virus frozen in the glacier will be released, endangering the whole world. With global warming, glaciers will melt for thousands of years. Will this lead to frequent plagues?

According to IPCC's Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in Climate Change, this is a report released by IPCC in 20 19, which is about glacier melting and its consequences. This report comprehensively analyzes the consequences of glacier melting, the important content of which is that under the background of climate system warming, the cryosphere in alpine regions and polar regions generally shrinks, and the cryosphere will continue to melt in the future, and the alpine regions and polar regions will face higher disaster risks. And in the report, it is specifically mentioned that melting glaciers will release super viruses. Scientists have found virus strains that have been sealed for tens of thousands of years in ice cores, and influenza A virus that is less than 1 year old has also been found in seasonal ice in Siberia. During the freezing of glaciers, these viruses are in a state of self-dormancy. Once the glaciers melt, these unknown super viruses will be activated and spread rapidly from coastal areas to the mainland. By then, the plague caused by these viruses will cause serious damage to humans and animals. In the past tens of thousands of years, glaciers have been storing these super viruses for humans. If these viruses are released one day in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Conclusion: Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility. As the most abundant animals on the earth, we should care more about the earth, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect melting glaciers.