The moss, Takakia lepidozioides, has survived at least 165 million years and multiple catastrophic climate events, including the one that killed the dinosaurs.
Takakia lepidozioides, a type of moss found mainly in the US, Japan and Tibet, has survived at least 165 million years and multiple catastrophic climate events, including the one that killed the dinosaurs.
If average global temperatures increase 2C over the preindustrial era by 2100 - below the 2.7C of warming currently forecast by Climate Action Tracker - the habitat for Takakia lepidozioides will shrink by up to three quarters, the study found, to just 1,000 square kilometers . Greater warming would likely make the moss extinct in the wild.
Takakia isn’t a household name, but scientists say it was one of the first land plants on Earth, and remains vital to our understanding of evolution. The moss had already been around for 100 million years by the time the Himalayas rose up underneath it, altering its habitat dramatically and forcing rapid adaptation.
To execute the study, researchers completed 18 expeditions to Takakia lepidozioides habitats over the past decade, collected samples, maintained on-site monitoring and reviewed satellite data. They found that the climate in which the moss grows has been steadily warming, and the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau steadily melting.
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