Humanity Has Killed 83% of All Wild Mammals and Half of All Plants: Study

When it comes to planet Earth, humans are very tiny.

Humans may be insignificant in many ways, but is has killed
off 83% of all wild animas and half of all plants.

The weight of all 7.6 billion humans makes up just 0.01% of all biomass on Earth, according to a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday.

Bacteria, by comparison, make up 13% of all biomass, plants account for 83%, and all other forms of life make up 5% of the total weight, according to the report.

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