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Man Made junk about to outweigh the mass of all living things..

Lean'n'mean

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We know that the human demand on resources is now greater than the Earth's ability to replace them, we are about to see the anthropocene footprint weigh heavier than the world's biomass.
If you can imagine the weight of a major city on the Earth's egg-shell thin crust........Roland Emmerich, if you're reading this I've got a scenario for you. :rolleyes:

Are humans punching above their weight ? Discuss.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...erials-now-equal-weight-of-all-life-on-earth/

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/human-stuff-now-outweighs-all-life-earth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-made-stuff-now-outweighs-all-life-on-earth/
 

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Not really new but still worth reading imho.

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