{"id":74821,"date":"2025-11-24T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=74821"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:53:55","slug":"moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/moss\/","title":{"rendered":"Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Moss Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a team of scientists has found that moss can survive a prolonged trip to space.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Moss<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small nonvascular <\/span><b>spore-bearing land plant belongs to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the taxonomic <\/span><b>division Bryophyta.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is among the earliest land plants and has colonised some of the <\/span><b>harshest environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the planet, including <\/span><b>Antarctica, volcanic fields, and deserts.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosses existed as early as the <\/span><b>Permian Period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and more than 100 species have been identified from fossils of the <\/span><b>Paleogene and Neogene periods.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Types of Moss:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Of the 10,000 and more types of mosses on the planet, there are three main types: <\/span><b>peat moss, granite moss and true moss.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Mosses are distributed throughout the world except in salt water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is <\/span><b>the small plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commonly found in damp, shady spots is already known for its resilience on Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moss <\/span><b>reproduces through spores,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are the equivalent to a flowering plant\u2019s seed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ecological Significance of Moss<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecologically, mosses <\/span><b>break down exposed substrata,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> releasing nutrients for the use of more-complex plants that succeed them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>also aid in soil erosion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> control by providing surface cover and absorbing water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are important in the <\/span><b>nutrient and water economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of some vegetation types.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosses can be <\/span><b>effective indicators of c02 emissions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that pollute the air. They can also signal if an ecosystem has been damaged or harmed by acid rain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/moss-spores-space-10381796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moss is a small nonvascular spore-bearing land plant belongs to the taxonomic division Bryophyta. 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