>>5415697Confronted with a lack of already dim sunlight, the Growth Strands evolved to take advantage of what little they had. By darkening their bodies and growing a pair of wide, rounded fronds, they’ve vastly increased their rate of light capture and retention. This isn’t impressive but it is enough to reliably survive the ash clouds and that makes every difference. In time, the old forests return with a vengeance, reaching their Y-shaped stalks to the ice in an unconscious embrace of a biosphere hostile to life itself. Growth Strands are now indisputably the dominant producer of the ecosystem and one of two species to gain ground where every other was forced to cede.
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