Rare mosses reintroduced to Yorkshire to fight climate change (www.bbc.com)

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Extinct moss is being reintroduced across Yorkshire's moors in the fight against climate change.

Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation accumulates rather than decays, capturing carbon in the ground.

Two projects – one in the Yorkshire Dales and another on Marsden Moor near Huddersfield – are reintroducing mosses to the uplands, which it is hoped will also create diverse habitats for wildlife.

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