Greek academic links COVID 19 virus with the melting of ice in Siberia

Emeritus Professor Christos Zerefos in an interview to Greek television suggested that the current pandemic might be linked to the melting of the ice in Siberia.

Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s. Source: NASA/Jeremy Harbeck

Prof. Zerefos is the head of the Research Centre of Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Athens University.

In a recent interview to Skai TV he said that 'it is likely that coronavirus might have originated from the melting of the ice in Siberia" when commenting on the recent spate of heatwaves in Greece, Canada and other countries.

Responding to the interviewer's comment that 'this is something we hadn't heard before' professor Zerefos said 'it is time to mention it' and continued to say that the resurgence of viruses trapped and preserved in ice in earth's coldest places is not something new in the scientific community. "We've published papers in scientific journals about that and was also discussed in scientific conferences in Germany and New York" he said.

Prof.Zerefos on Greece's Skai TV Source: Facebook