Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
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Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
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Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#2This statistic always takes the top of my head right off: "The dominance of humans today is clear: us and our livestock account for 96% of global mammal biomass. Wild land mammals make up just 2%."
If you, like me, wondered about poultry ...
"Here we focus on mammal populations, so neither wild birds or poultry are included. But for birds the story is similar: our poultry biomass is more than twice that of wild birds. "
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#3How is there still an ecosystem?
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#4How is there still an ecosystem?
Unfortunately there barely is.
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#5becoming a sustainable food item is actually a great survival strategy at the level of the species, something to consider should earth ever be invaded by hungry aliens
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#6How is there still an ecosystem?
I also wonder this. Some thoughts:
1) Life is remarkably adaptive. 2) There probably won't be much longer.
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#7becoming a sustainable food item is actually a great survival strategy at the level of the species, something to consider should earth ever be invaded by hungry aliens
I for one welcome our new overlords. - booi, CEO Soylent Foods Inc.
Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#8This statistic always takes the top of my head right off: "The dominance of humans today is clear: us and our livestock account for 96% of global mammal biomass. Wild land mammals make up just 2%." If you, like me, wondered about poultry ... "Here we focus on mammal populations, so neither wild birds or poultry are included. But for birds the story is similar: our poultry biomass is more than twice that of wild birds…
Reminds me of the matrix. Agent smith said it so well.
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Re: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans
#10In case you are wondering like me, it’s only about mammals. Here is the full biomass picture :
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biomass-of-earth-in...