{"id":118342,"date":"2021-07-13T19:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=118342"},"modified":"2021-07-14T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:36:44","slug":"indian-scientists-discover-new-plant-species-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-scientists-discover-new-plant-species-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian scientists discover new plant species in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/world\/indian-scientists-discover-new-plant-species-in-antarctica-396722\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">WION<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A team of Indian scientists has discovered a new plant species in Antarctica named <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bryum Bharatiensis.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About Bryum Bharatiensis:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bryum bharatiensis\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is a species of moss. It was discovered by a team of researchers from the Central University of Punjab.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mosses<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta. They are distributed throughout the world except in salt water and are commonly found in moist shady locations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Named after<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: The species has been named after Bharati, the Indian research station in Antarctica. The station itself was named after the Hindu goddess Bharati.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How does Moss survive in Antarctica?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The moss predominantly grows in areas where penguins breed in large numbers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is because Penguin poop has nitrogen and plants need nitrogen along with potassium, phosphorus, sunlight, and water to survive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What about Sunlight for Mosses?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"12\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the six months of winter<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, when there is no sunlight and temperatures dip as low as -76\u00b0C, scientists still aren&#8217;t certain how mosses manage to survive under thick snow.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"12\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">They think that during the colder months,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">moss is likely to dry up to the point that\u00a0it is almost dormant and then germinate again in September when sunlight returns. When the snow melts, the dried-up moss absorbs the water.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Significance of this discovery for India:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"19\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the four decades<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0since India established its first research station in Antarctica, this is the first discovery of a plant species.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"19\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Initially,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the first station was set up in 1984, but it was abandoned in 1990 after being buried by ice. Two stations remain operational through the year &#8211; Maitri and Bharati established in 1989 and 2012 respectively.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0WION\u00a0 What is the News?\u00a0 A team of Indian scientists has discovered a new plant species in Antarctica named Bryum Bharatiensis.\u00a0 About Bryum Bharatiensis:\u00a0 Bryum bharatiensis\u00a0is a species of moss. It was discovered by a team of researchers from the Central University of Punjab.\u00a0 Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-scientists-discover-new-plant-species-in-antarctica\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian scientists discover new plant species in Antarctica<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700455051},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}