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'We Were Gobsmacked': Giant Study Reveals Why Moss Is Vital For The Planet
Science Alert ^
| May 9, 2023
| Tessa Koumoundouros
Posted on 05/15/2023 7:10:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:10:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Could come in handy on Mars, for terraforming, and the use of lichens was discussed for that purpose years ago.
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:12:10 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:12:36 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:17:11 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
We've taken mosses out of a packet after 100 years, squirted them with water and watched them come to life. They never left......................
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:18:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:20:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
Say what?
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:20:29 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: SunkenCiv
If this is true, then our yard and roof in North Idaho must be keeping the entire planet alive.
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:21:45 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
To: SunkenCiv
Hmmmmmmm!? Does moss also love CO2?
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:22:50 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
To: SunkenCiv
I don't know if I'd consider her Vital, but she's definitely not guilty.
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:27:19 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: rktman
To: SunkenCiv
Even bone dry Tatooine had Moss Eisley...
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:35:17 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
To: SunkenCiv
Our back yard is pretty much a moss carpet. The moss has endured and grown where the grass failed. Parts of the front yard are now a green moss carpet as well.
The moss does not need mowing
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:37:51 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
To: rktman
Informative portion of the original piece:
“We think mosses are sucking up six times more carbon dioxide, so it’s not one to one, it’s six times better.”
What’s more, the team found mosses seem to keep a lid on potential pathogens. The surveys counted fewer potential plant pathogens in soils where moss lived, and incredibly antibiotic resistant genes were less abundant in the microbiomes of mossy habitats compared to unvegetated areas.
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:51:27 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:56:04 AM PDT
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: Bigg Red
Another evil plant trying to mess up “the plan”. 😃
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posted on
05/15/2023 7:59:24 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
To: null and void
The band at that cafe’ was the Moss Eisley Brothers...
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posted on
05/15/2023 8:19:15 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
Moss. Man’s first compass? Maybe
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posted on
05/15/2023 8:22:30 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
To: SunkenCiv
But what about the Lichens?
They are not moss, but they matter too!
Without Foliose Lichens how could we ever manage to put model trees on
our model train layouts?
I bet you never asked yourself THAT important question before, eh?
.
Speerschneiderra euploca -
.
Model October hillside -
/Sarc
To: SunkenCiv
Figrin D'An!
And don't forget Max Rebo!, who played for Jabba the Hutt...
I'm a nerd.
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posted on
05/15/2023 8:32:27 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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