A study from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel shows that what we call the anthropogenic mass has grown considerably.<br />What humans have built and made from pavements, plastic bottles to glass-and-metal skyscrapers are now weighting heavier than the mass of living things on Earth.<br />At the beginning of the 20th century, we estimate the mass of human created things at 35 billion tons and it’s accumulating at a rate of 30 billion tons a year.<br />It means that every person on Earth generates more than their own weight on artificial goods per week.<br />This information has an important meaning as it gives us a shocking evidence on how we transformed the planet, alter the climate and extinct species.<br />The study doesn’t state when Earth will be more artificial than biological by mass as it’s difficult to clearly estimate the plant biomass.<br />We now have an idea of how massive our footprint is and hopefully, we will find ways to reduce it.
