The Hidden Superpowers of Moss

You may not think much about moss, but it has a hidden super power, and it's been used to save countless lives.

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Images

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peat_fire_in_Selangor,_Malaysia_on_5_June_2013.JPG
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sphagnum-moss-gm172952983-6616761
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Making_sphagnum_moss_dressings,_University_of_Toronto.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bog-at-derrigimlagh-connemara-ireland-gm1074737772-287693178
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/natural-background-of-green-lichen-moss-view-from-above-gm1263666933-369923159
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/boggy-area-of-dartmoor-with-sphagnum-moss-gm91258927-7644359
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planes_of_WW1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nitrocellulose_02.ogv
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sphagnum-moss-jersey-gm183363432-15259532
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Red_Cross_-_Classes_in_Red_Cross_Work_-_France_-_Picking_over_sphagnum_moss_which_comes_from_Scotland_and_Ireland_and_is_used_on_woulds_as_an_outer_absorbent_pad_in_the_A.R.C._workrooms_for_surgical_dres(...)_-_NARA_-_20803980.jpg
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/macro-footage-of-green-moss-in-nature-qpbt1ri