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title: ""The carbon weight of all life on Earth is estimated at 550…"
date: 2018-10-05
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# "The carbon weight of all life on Earth is estimated at 550…

*October 5, 2018 · Facebook*

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[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-05/chart-of-the-day-plants-rule-carbon-weight-of-life-on-earth/10069684](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-05/chart-of-the-day-plants-rule-carbon-weight-of-life-on-earth/10069684){target="_blank"}
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\"The carbon weight of all life on Earth is estimated at 550 gigatonnes, according to a recent study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Human beings make up only around 0.01 per cent of this biomass.\
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The vast majority is made up of plants and single-celled organisms such as bacteria. Even viruses outweigh us by more than three to one.\"
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