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While their roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation are well established, emerging evidence indicates that mobile sRNAs also mediate stress-induced epigenomic remodeling in recipient tissues. Specifically, 24-nt siRNAs can direct RNA-dependent DNA methylation (RdDM) and chromatin modifications at distal genomic loci, thereby altering transcriptional states, stabilizing stress-responsive gene networks, and modulating transposon activity. Such epigenetic reprogramming can extend beyond transient stress responses, contributing to stress memory and, in some cases, to transgenerational inheritance of adaptive traits. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the biogenesis, transport, and functional integration of mobile sRNAs, with special emphasis on their capacity to reshape DNA methylation landscapes and chromatin architecture during environmental stress. 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