It sounds like something from a sci-fi blockbuster: giant viruses are living in the Arctic ice. But the earth is not doomed \- these supersized infectious agents could actually help slow the melting of the ice, helping to alleviate global warming. According to findings published in May in the journal Microbiome, researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University discovered the giant viruses in Greenland. They suspect they may slow the growth of black snow algae – which contributes to ice-melt. This ancient Antarctic ice reveals 50,000 years of vital climate change history’We can make a difference’: Em…