Who experts warn of new dangers posed by global warming.
Due to active melting of glaciers there is a high probability of awakening ancient threat of viruses. Scientists estimate that the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic contain about 300 new species of microorganisms previously unknown to physicians.
The who has sounded the alarm: after waking up this dangerous disease pandemic could begin after some two weeks due to the water flows of the planet. To deal with such diseases will be incredibly difficult because of the inability to study the virus or bacteria in advance.
Scientists give for comparison the strain of smallpox, which according to experts have also appeared due to the melting of glaciers.