Grimmia antarctici
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Grimmia antarctici is a species of moss that grows in areas of Antarctica such as the Windmill Islands
. It lives in areas that are not icy, especially on the northern peninsula. Unusually high levels of carbon dioxide
have been found in air surrounding this species of moss.
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay...
. It lives in areas that are not icy, especially on the northern peninsula. Unusually high levels of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
have been found in air surrounding this species of moss.