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The Role of Moss in Ice Ages and How to Grow or Kill Moss
TLDR Mosses, including granite mosses, played a significant role in triggering Ice Ages by reducing the global temperature. Mosses need water to survive and reproduce, and they can be grown by transplanting or propagating them with buttermilk, while they can be killed using pesticides or by creating an environment that is not moss-friendly.
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Mosses, specifically granite mosses, triggered the beginning of Ice Ages by latching onto rocks and reducing the global temperature by 8 degrees centigrade.
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Mosses are divided into three groups: granite mosses, peat mosses, and true mosses, with true mosses being the most common and granite mosses being the most ancient.
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Mosses need water in order to survive and reproduce, and they thrive in moist environments.
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Moss can absorb water through their leaf surfaces or through rhizoids, and they reproduce through the production of eggs and sperm that require moisture, as well as through asexual reproduction when a piece of moss breaks off and roots in a moist environment.
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To grow moss, you can either transplant it by scraping it off a rock and watering it, or propagate it by blending it with buttermilk and painting the mixture wherever you want the moss to grow, and it's important to keep the moss clean and well-fed with buttermilk once a year.
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To kill moss, you can use pesticides or herbicides like roundup, or you can create an environment that is not moss-friendly by cutting back shade cover and making it sunnier.
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Moss grows on the side that gets the least exposure to sunlight, which is typically the north side.
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