Whilst Sphagnum is a moss, not all mosses are sphagnum. Sphagnum moss is the long stranded moss that is often used by gardeners to line hanging baskets and for air-layering plants. Sphagnum peat is decayed and decomposed sphagnum moss, and for the purposes of this article, should not be confused with live Sphagnum.A single sphagnum moss plant is very small. It grows packed closely together with many other plants of the same kind and they provide support for each other's tiny stems.phagnum peat is decayed and decomposed sphagnum moss, and for the purposes of this article, should not be confused with live Sphagnum. A single sphagnum moss plant is very small. It grows packed closely together with many other plants of the same kind and they provide support for each other's tiny stems.
Viruses of plants and livestock also increased, and as humans became dependent on agriculture and farming, diseases such as potyviruses of potatoes and rinderpest of cattle had devastating consequences. Smallpox and measles viruses are among the oldest that infect humans.Having evolved from viruses that infected other animals, they first appeared in humans in Europe and North Africa thousands of years ago.iruses of plants and livestock also increased, and as humans became dependent on agriculture and farming, diseases such as potyviruses of potatoes and rinderpest of cattle had devastating consequences. Smallpox and measles viruses are among the oldest that infect humans.
Worldâs first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120. The worldâs first anti-ageing drug will be tested on humans next year in trials which could see diseases like Alzheimerâs and Parkinsonâs consigned to distant memory. Scientists now believe that it is possible to actually stop people growing old as quickly and help them live in good health well into their 110s and 120s.