Who needs #BioLabs when there's all sorts of #bacteria about to be exposed after thousands of years!

Researchers issue warning after making grim #Antarctic discovery: 'We are only beginning to understand'

Story by Daysia Tolentino, January 29, 2026

Excerpt: "A study published in the journal #Biocontaminant examined the effects of #GlacialMelting on our #WaterSupply.

"#Glaciers serve as reservoirs for #AntibioticResistanceGenes, or #ARGs, and other #microbes. When they are released from the ice, they enter our water systems, posing a major health risk to people downstream.

"Millions of people get their water from glacier-fed rivers and lakes. ARGs are strands of DNA that make bacteria more resistant to drugs. When ARGs in #meltwater make their way into our water supply, they become a global public health risk.

"The study emphasizes the importance of viewing glaciers, rivers, and lakes as being part of a 'glacier continuum.' This means they are an interconnected system rather than separate environments.

Why are melting glaciers concerning?

"From our gas-powered cars to #overconsumption, human activity has contributed to the production of heat-trapping gases that warm the planet. Rising global temperatures have caused glaciers to rapidly melt, causing elevated sea levels and releasing ARGs.

"ARGs from melting glaciers are worrisome because they help facilitate the spread of diseases. This threat is compounded by the fact that our growing #microplastic problem is also helping #AntibioticResistant #bacteria breed. As a result, #medicines are being rendered less effective."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/researchers-issue-warning-after-making-grim-antarctic-discovery-we-are-only-beginning-to-understand/

#WorldPol #USPol #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Degrowth #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #HumanFolly #NewDiseases

We Work The Black Seam

by #Sting

"This place has changed for good
Your economic theory said it would

"It's hard for us to understand
We can't give up our jobs the way we should

"Our blood has stained the #coal
We tunneled deep inside the nations soul

"We matter more than pounds and pence
Your economic theory makes no sense

"One day in a #nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole

"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is #Carbon14

"We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together

"The seam lies underground
Three million years of pressure packed it down

"We walk through ancient forest lands
And light a thousand cities with our hands

"Your dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skills

"You can't exchange a six-inch band
For all the poisoned streams in cumberland

"One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole

"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14

"We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together

"And should the children weep
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep

"When you have sunk without a trace
The universe will suck me into place

"One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole

"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14

We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together"

- Gordon Sumner, 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmC61VHVZAM

#CoalPower #CoalMining #UraniumMining #NoNukes #NuclearWaste #BlackSeam #AirPollution #MercuryPoisoning #Radiation #HumanFolly

We Work The Black Seam

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