{"id":5740,"date":"2025-06-12T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:41:50","slug":"minute-to-midnight-exhibition-gallery-oldham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antonyhall.net\/blog\/minute-to-midnight-exhibition-gallery-oldham\/","title":{"rendered":"Minute to Midnight – Exhibition Gallery Oldham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not often I get to opportunity show my work in an actual gallery these days such is the plight of the socially engaged \/ process based artist, and it makes me remember how much I love the process of developing a dialogue with other artists and the space of gallery. And it is a delight to be showing along side some amazing artists. @verdant.city<\/a> @adelecjordan<\/a>@mishkahenner<\/a> and @rebeccachesneyartist<\/a> @galleryoldham<\/a> A Minute to Midnight December 7 – March 1, 2025
So how does moss relate to climate change? \u00a0Here are some interesting facts I put together for @sparkartistsnetwork<\/a> and the forthcoming panel discussion:

Moss is under threat: According to the 2023 IUCN Red List of the of moss in Britain ,\u00a019%\u00a0are threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n


According to the British Bryological Society, over 75 moss species in the UK are considered threatened or endangered, primarily due to habitat loss, climate change, and air pollution. (1)

It is estimated that moss (specifically soil covering moss, covers an area of more than 3.6 million square miles – that\u2019s roughly the same size Canada or China. A recently published\u00a0comprehensive global study\u00a0titled\u00a0\u2018The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services (2024)\u00a0\u00a0– highlighted the critical role of soil mosses in global carbon sequestration –\u00a0They found that mosses sequester around 6.43 GT more carbon in the soil than is stored in the bare patches of soil without any plants typically found nearby them in global semi-arid areas\u201d(2)

Apparently Sphagnum, store about one-third of the world\u2019s soil carbon despite covering just 3%-5% of Earth\u2019s land surface. (3)

Just for reference – Globally, forests store roughly\u00a045%\u00a0of the carbon stored on land.

Feel free to correct me if you have evidence to counter this or suggestions for corrections

(1)Source: British Bryological Society (2023) \u201cStatus of UK Bryophytes Report\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk\/

(2)The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services
https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/370441558_The_global_contribution_of_soil_mosses_to_ecosystem_services

(3)https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/news\/scientists-find-sex-differences-mosses-play-key-role-carbon-storage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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