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# You Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to Moss
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/untold-earth/episode/you-arent-paying-enough-attention-to-moss-b3cqgl/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T09:57:46.000Z
- Description: At 450 million years old, moss may hold the key to surviving our rapidly warming planet.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Untold Earth, Season 1, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_b7651d72-7f23-4924-8446-4bda1b6402a2, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_53bb3bef-6200-4947-a257-d3385486b9a0, #v1.16

Mosses were among the first land plants to evolve out of the ocean roughly 450 million years ago. They grow everywhere, from the world’s harshest landscapes to cracks in the sidewalk. This episode of Untold Earth gets up close and personal with the mosses of the Hoh Rainforest to understand their vital role in this ecosystem and potential to offer a glimpse into our planet’s future.