mark belan | sci illustratorNov 8, 2022

The Biomass of Life

(Giving this a go here on Mastodon...🐘 )

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All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic

Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

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Show threadabcderianApr 23, 2023

@artscistudios Does the biomass of bacteria represented here include or exclude bacteria living within other creatures?

I would have thought bacterial biomass would have outweighed everything else... Learn something new every day.

EDIT: based on the article this estimate includes bacteria within other living things.

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@abcderian @artscistudios similarly, does the plant biomass include only living plant matter, since the vast majority of a tree is dead tissue.
Apr 23, 2023 at 5:12pmTusky