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Vegetation in Antarctica is dominated by lichen and mosses. Image from Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica - Credit-Felix Grewe
Satellite sweep of Antarctic mosses, lichens and algae detects vegetation area roughly three times the size of Lake Windermere
A world first project to map Antarctica's plant life has detected almost 45 square kilometres of vegetation - roughly three times the size of the Lake District's Lake Windermere - including growth in previously...
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