[janandonly]

> If melting ice releases these microbes, these genes could spread to modern bacteria, adding to the global challenge of antibiotic resistance

With all the permafrost melting worldwide, this is a new and real challenge.

[metalman]

it's worse

humans are currently activly exposing themselves to every biological form on the planet , taking samples, and shipping them hither and thither to be poked prodded dabled with, and thrown out, not counting the countless millions of wayward tourists, influencers, and wanabe "exporers", missionaries, etc bumbling around,like who swabs cave ice? then the simple fact of billions of humans with all of our comensual livestock each, having immune systems of varrying suseptibility to....in this case, cave slime.