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Environment & Energy

Bumbles

(410 posts)

5. Mosses are the largest land repository for carbon on the planet.

Reply to Tonk (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 08:51 AM

Jun 18

Choose moss landscapes over turf lawns and help to reverse the damage we have and are causing. Mosses require no mowing, no use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, and need little watering and maintenance. They provide mental and physical health benefits and are a delight to walk on. As a nation, we're obsessed with lawns. Why not mosses?

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Future planetary warming this century will be worse than previously thought. [View all] Tonk Jun 18 OP

I keep saying that their worse case scenario... S/V Loner Jun 18 #1

All the models have been low. Old Crank Jun 18 #2

We need to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty nuxvomica Jun 18 #3

ty for the 411 et tu Jun 18 #4

Mosses are the largest land repository for carbon on the planet. Bumbles Jun 18 #5

What a great idea BonnieJW Jun 18 #7

I'm gradually turning my mostly wooded property into moss landscapes. Bumbles Jun 18 #8

To the best of my recollection, it has always been worse than previously thought. nt Susan Calvin Jun 18 #6

"Reality has entered the chat . . . " hatrack Jun 18 #9