A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States details that of all the existing biomass, this is the combined weight of all living beings on the planet, plants account for 84%.
Animals, (including men), 0.37%, … rest viruses and bacteria.
Although it seems small compared to other materials, the mass of plastic we have made is greater than the total mass of all land and marine animals combined.
T= Gigaton. One gigaton equals 1 billion metric tons.
All to ruminate on. Below is the full report:
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Bar-On YM, Phillips R, Milo R. The biomass distribution on Earth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(25):6506-6511. doi:10.1073/pnas.1711842115
