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Melt ponds in permafrost develop their new microbiomes. It is not clear how
benign or malign they will become.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
— DCminx 🕊ðŸŒðŸ”¥ðŸŒ± (@dcminx.bsky.social) 2025-10-30T11:41:27.832Z
🚨 Melt ponds in permafrost are fast developing their own new microbiomes, it is not clear how benign or malign they may become. The conditions that protected the Arctic from many health threats, both local & from the south, are melting away.
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