Scientists Discover Giant Virus on Greenland Ice Sheet Cold Slow Down Melting

Scientists have found mysterious large size viruses on snow sheet in Greenland. These viruses were first discovered in 1981. It is said that they usually infect the algae found in the sea. But this is the first time that these viruses have been found in such icy environment. But scientists are actually happy with their found. A big reason behind which is given. Researchers of Denmark’s Aarhus University are not considering it as bad news, but they say that these viruses can act like a secret weapon somewhere, and can prevent ice from melting rapidly. Study Microbiome Has been published in the journal.

A university researcher Laura Perini AccordingThey do not know much about the virus. But they believe that the flowering of algae flourishes the speed of melting ice, and these viruses can reduce this speed. That is, they can prevent algae from flourishing, because they are described as infected viruses infected. But the researcher also said that how effective they are in this work, it is difficult to say now. But this can be ascertained by doing further research on these.

The team of researchers collected samples from the ice layer. It included samples of dark ice, ice core, red and green ice. After analyzing their DNA, researchers found that they were matching the virtuous virus. Viruses are usually much smaller than bacteria.

Science daily According to, ordinary viruses are of 20 to 200 nanometers (NM) size. While bacteria are of 2 to 3 micrometers (mm) size. Simply put, viruses are 1000 times smaller than bacteria. But this is not the case with the virtuous virus. Such virus sizes can also grow up to 2.5 micrometers (MM). That is, they are mostly found in size from bacteria.

So can these virus be seen with naked eyes too? The answer is- no! Researchers say that they use only regular tools to find them, they cannot be seen with naked eyes, nor can be identified. Even they are saved from the eyes of a light power microscope.