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moss layer

noun

  1. See layer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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These ecosystems are incredibly effective at capturing carbon in the live moss layer then storing it in the soils below, sometimes for thousands of years.

They speculated that the protective moss layer would cut the wind and keep temperatures slightly warmer than those on the ice and, combined with a constant water supply, might lead animals to seek out glacier mice as sanctuaries.

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