Popular Mechanics recently spoke with Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Senior Research Scientist and Principle Investigator of the Byrd Center's Ice Core Research Group at The Ohio State University, about how looking at viruses in ice cores can impact current pandemic research.

Read the article Glaciers Will Tell the Story of COVID-19 for Centuries to Come, at Popular Mechanics.

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