moss

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Using this archive, the research team tracked changes in airborne moss spores across a 35-year period, focusing on 16 different moss species and groups.

From Science Daily

As Europe seeks to curb its dependence on China for rare earths, plans to mine the continent's biggest deposit have hit a roadblock over fears that mining operations could harm endangered beetles, mosses and mushrooms.

From Barron's

The set decorator, the painter, the greens person that puts the moss in is like, “Do you see where I put the moss right there? You see the moss right there?”

From Los Angeles Times

Michael Enea, a political blogger and local campaigner for the Conservative party, said one phone box in Newport was "covered in dirt, muck and moss", describing it as "absolutely apalling".

From BBC

Their remarkable durability led researchers to test moss sporophytes, the reproductive structures that hold spores, in an even harsher setting: outer space.

From Science Daily