The oldest and fastest evolving moss in the world might not survive climate change

ScienceDaily
Aug 9, 2023, 5:06 pm115 pts
A 390-million-year-old moss called Takakia lives in some of Earth's most remote places, including the icy cliffs of the Tibetan Plateau. In a decade-long project, a team of scientists climbed some of the tallest peaks in the world to find Takakia, sequence its DNA for the first time, and study how climate…

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