mark belan - scientific illustrator π¬βοΈβπΌ
30 Nov,
7 tweets, 6 min read
And here we go...
PART TWO: Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass βοΈποΈπ οΈπ§±π© (incl. π§΅) #anthropogenicmass #biomass #construction #mining #dataviz #infographics #sciart #datavisualization #visualjournalism #science #scicomm #scienceillustration #anthropocene
PART TWO: Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass βοΈποΈπ οΈπ§±π© (incl. π§΅) #anthropogenicmass #biomass #construction #mining #dataviz #infographics #sciart #datavisualization #visualjournalism #science #scicomm #scienceillustration #anthropocene
Since 1900, we've been making a LOT of stuff...and it's been piling up. In 2020, the material output of humans on Earth SURPASSED the total (dry) weight of all living things on Earth!
One grim part to this story (there's many π΅βπ«) is that we've now produced double the weight of plastic than the entire Animal Kingdom.
And we aren't showing any signs of slowing down. Currently we produce about 30 gigatons of stuff a year - or every single person's weight in stuff EVERY WEEK. By 2040, increased production rates predict we'll produce stuff at almost TRIPLE the total amount of ALL living things.
This is a grim part-two story to my previous piece on the Biomass of Life.
Data and research provided by Emily Elhacham, @yinonbaron, @jgrozovski, Liad Ben-Uri and Ron Milo at @MiloLabWIS rdcu.be/cbU7K
weizmann.ac.il/plants/Milo/hoβ¦
anthropomass.org
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anthropomass.org
See the full infographic at Visual Capitalist:
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