Sphagnum moss (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Sphagnum moss

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Sphagnum moss is the tiny plant responsible for storing a third of the world’s soil carbon in peat bogs.

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Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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