For those who are still asking why we have to go green, this one answer seems to make you ready to support the eco-friendly movement. Watch out, global warming can revive ancient viruses!
Biological scientist from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Professor Rosichon Ubaidillah MPhil, PhD, conveyed in 'Eureka! 13th Edition: Zombie Attack!', Monday (30/1/2023) night, that humans must actually be in harmony with nature so that infectious diseases do not emerge and reemerging.
"We are aware, we must not be arbitrary with nature. So that emerging and reemerging infectious diseases do not appear which may occur due to damage to nature, due to rising temperatures and due to global climate change. This will cause misery for many people or human beings throughout the world," said Prof Rosichon.
In fact, the rise in global temperatures due to the destruction of the Earth has made ancient viruses rise again. If they hibernated in the polar ice before, now the ambient temperature allows them to live again.
Furthermore, the real evidence is in plain sight. Said Prof. Rosichon, microbiology scientists who in Russia have found the revival of several viruses that make it possible to attack humans when the global climate cannot be controlled.
"Well, if it comes back to life and then evolves, adapts, then flees to the tropics to Indonesia, that will be scary. If what is called 'The Last of Us', what happened in Jakarta turns out to be ophiocordyceps unilateralis. It (ophiocordyceps) is indeed from tropical country," he explained.
Finally, Prof. Rosichon emphasized that global warming plays a major role in human safety from the threat of other creatures that live side by side with humans. If 'The Last of Us' is enough to make us afraid, we should be able to learn to live in peace with nature.
"We are talking about new things in the context of ophiocordyceps, but in other ways, it's scary. I'm scared myself. Therefore, if there is global warming, some microbes that have been sleeping for millions of years can wake up again," he concluded.
