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Stories about: moss

Yellowstone Lake Thermal Vent Supports Life The first ever investigation to look in close detail at the hydrothermal vents on the bottom of the Yellowstone Lake has determined that the structures are teeming with life. By definition, thermal vents are extremely hostile environments, mostly due to the fact that this is where hot gases from the Earth's mant... 8 October 2010 10:15 GMT Iceman's First Aid and Last Meal The 5,000-year-old Tyrolean iceman mummy found in a melting glacier almost two decades ago still has some surprises in store for researchers. As an example, during a recent study, they discovered that the Copper Age man ingested, more or less accidentally or conscientiously, six different moss types, including one th... 2 December 2008 09:40 GMT