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Manmade mass now outweighs life on Earth – The News International
PARIS: For the first time in history manmade materials now likely outweigh all life on Earth, scientists said on Wednesday in research detailing the crossover point…
PARIS: For the first time in history manmade materials now likely outweigh all life on Earth, scientists said on Wednesday in research detailing the “crossover point” at which humanitys footprint is heavier than that of the natural world.
The weight of roads, buildings and other constructed or manufactured materials is doubling roughly every 20 years, and authors of the research said it currently weighed 1.1 teratonnes (1.1 trillion tonnes).
As mankind has ramped up its insatiable consumption of…
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