‘We Were Gobsmacked’: Giant Study Reveals Why Moss Is Vital For The Planet

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Date of Publication: May 9

Year of Publication: 2023

Publication City: Canberra, Australia

Publisher: ScienceAlert

Author(s): Tessa Koumoundouros

More like a verdant rug than a forest or pasture, the humble moss packs a surprising lot of punch for being such a small plant. In an amazing new study, researchers have only just discovered how vital this diverse group of itty-bitty botanicals is to ecosystems around the world.

“We were gobsmacked to find that mosses were doing all these amazing things,” exclaims David Eldridge, an ecologist at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

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