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Working among mosses in the Dry Valleys

Many people are surprised to hear that vegetation – mainly mosses and lichens – manages to grow on the Antarctica mainland. These relatively simple photosynthesising organisms have been the focus of 27 years of study by Waikato University’s Allan Green and his co-workers and students from New Zealand, Spain, Austria, Germany and Australia.

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