Mass of man-made materials now equals to biomass on Earth

For every person alive today, an amount of anthropogenic mass greater than their body weight is made on average every single week.

A robot engineered by Kuka adjusts a windscreen in a fully automated process on a model of the A-class production line of German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz at the Daimler factory in Rastatt, Germany, February 4, 2019. Picture taken on February 4, 2019.

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ByAARON REICH

DECEMBER 10, 2020 14:12

Mass of man-made materials now equals to biomass on Earth

For every person alive today, an amount of anthropogenic mass greater than their body weight is made on average every single week.

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Mass of man-made materials now equals to biomass on Earth

For every person alive today, an amount of anthropogenic mass greater than their body weight is made on average every single week.

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