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The researchers say this is the first study to show that the plants in East Antarctica are being affected by climate change and ozone depletion.

Antarctic mosses, the scientists point out, are the only plants that can survive in East Antarctica. “We like to think of them as miniature, old growth forests,” said Prof Robinson.

Her co-author, Dr Melinda Waterman explained that by dating the mosses, the researchers could tell “they have been growing here for hundreds of years”.

“As they grow, the mosses preserve a record of how dry or wet the environment is along their shoots - preserving a record of Antarctic coastal climate over the centuries,” she explained.

Prof Robinson added: “[They might be only] 4-14 cm tall, but [the moss beds] are home to tiny animals and fungi and lichens and algal cells - think of them as a forest and at least 40% of it is suffering drought.