{"id":753415,"date":"2018-05-31T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753415"},"modified":"2018-05-31T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:26:19","slug":"new-study-humans-just-0-01-of-all-life-but-have-destroyed-83-of-wild-mammals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753415","title":{"rendered":"New study: Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>From the time humans became farmers, the study reveals the full extent of the huge decline: Just one-sixth of wild mammals, from mice to elephants, remain.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DAMIAN CARRINGTON:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world\u2019s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The new work is the first comprehensive estimate of the weight of every class of living creature and overturns some long-held assumptions. Bacteria are indeed a major life form \u2013 13% of everything \u2013 but plants overshadow everything, representing 82% of all living matter. All other creatures, from insects to fungi, to fish and animals, make up just 5% of the world\u2019s biomass&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Comparison of the new estimates with those for the time before humans became farmers and the industrial revolution began, reveal the full extent of the huge decline. Just one-sixth of wild mammals, from mice to elephants, remain, surprising even the scientists. In the oceans, three centuries of whaling has left just a fifth of marine mammals in the oceans&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/may\/21\/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUQzzr27Xlo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMIAN CARRINGTON: &#8216;Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world\u2019s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. 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