Young Innovators: Student unfolds secrets of boreal forest moss

Growing up camping and hiking, Mélanie Jean loved nature but didn’t think much of the squishy green moss carpeting forests.       
“Now I know mosses have a whole secret world,” says Jean, a University of Saskatchewan biology PhD student. “It’s like discovering a mini forest in the forest.”   
Not just pretty, mosses contribute up to 30 per cent of Canada’s boreal forest total growth every year, while mainta