Antarctica’s first plant risk assessment raises concerns for a rare moss

Mongabay
Jun 22, 2026, 3:01 am75 ptsTrending
In Antarctica’s extreme cold, plants blanket small ice-free areas in bursts of green. These include two native species of flowering plants, 116 moss species, and several liverworts and lichens. Until now, however, none had been assessed for their extinction risk in Antarctica. For the first time, researchers…

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