Visualizing the Biomass of All the World’s Mammals

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When the world’s biomass—the stuff we’re made of—is tallied up, humans and cattle outweigh wild mammals by a massive margin.

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Visualizing the Biomass of All the World’s Mammals

When the world’s biomass—the stuff we’re made of—is tallied up, humans and cattle outweigh wild mammals by a massive margin.


First published: April 28, 2023 (link)

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Data source: Greenspoon, L. et al., 2023. The global biomass of wild mammals. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences 120.

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