Humans form only a minuscule part of life on earth: Study

Humans form only a minuscule part of life on earth: Study

News:

1. According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, though humans form a tiny fraction of all life forms on Earth, they have a massive impact on the environment

Important facts:

2. The recent study is the most comprehensive global census of living organisms
3. The researchers calculated dry biomass (dried organic mass; excluding water) of all organisms using information from different studies.
4. Important Findings:

• Biomass of Plants accounts for 80% of earth’s biomass and outweigh human by 7500 to 1
• Bacteria represent 13% of worlds’ biomass
• Fungi, mold and mushrooms account for 2% of the total biomass
• Domesticated animals overweigh wild animals. For example, domesticated cattle and pigs outweigh all wild animals by 14 to 1.