Virginia Rich

Virginia Rich

Associate Professor of Microbiology, The Ohio State University

Articles by: Virginia Rich

Two researchers drill into a glacier

Ancient viral genomes plucked from glaciers reveal how pathogens have adapted to Earth's shifting climate

By Zhi-Ping Zhong, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Lonnie Thompson, Matthew Sullivan, Virginia Rich published

Over the past 41,000 years, viral communities have varied significantly between cold and warm climatic periods, scientists found.