2018.08.31

Taking Stock of Life

A new survey breaks down Earth’s biomass by organism

(SOURCE: "THE BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH," BY YINON M. BAR-ON ET AL., IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA . PUBLISHED ONLINE MAY 21, 2018.Graphic by Amanda Montañez.)

(SOURCE: "THE BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH," BY YINON M. BAR-ON ET AL., IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA . PUBLISHED ONLINE MAY 21, 2018.Graphic by Amanda Montañez.)

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