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humans are tiny in mass but extreme in impact      web

webhttps://phys.org/news/2018-05-humans-account-worms-bugs.html
authorSeth Borenstein
publicationphys.org
date2018-05-21

"Now domesticated cattle and pigs outweigh all wild mammals by 14 to 1, while the world's chickens are triple the weight of all the wild birds."

Documents:
the biomass distribution of the Earth
webYinon M. Bar-On, Rob PhillipsPNAS2018-05-21
humans have destroyed 83% of wild mammals
webDamian CarringtonThe Guardian2018-05-21
the greatly disproportionate impact of humans
webDamian CarringtonThe Guardian2018-05-21

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