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Wow. I love analysis like this. Total biomass of viruses = 0.2 gigatons. Total humanity of all 7 billion souls only 0.06 gigatons. Did I understand correctly?
by ak39 8y ago
Wow. I love analysis like this. Total biomass of viruses = 0.2 gigatons. Total humanity of all 7 billion souls only 0.06 gigatons. Did I understand correctly?
- zaarn 8y agoBasically yeah. Consider for this that viruses are also incredibly lightweight and tiny. Those 0.2 Gigatons cause the death of 40% of marine life each day (2.4 Gt of C).
- TeMPOraL 8y agoSo much matter being constantly rearranged around us. Kind of puts me in a pretty existential mood.
- fsloth 8y agoThe insides of you are rearranged constantly as well...
- bch 8y ago“Of you”... https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1514 https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1514
- zaarn 8y agoI found a good antidote for an existential mood is that even if you consider that a human life is probably pretty meaningless, you can still have fun for yourself.
- 21 8y ago> Their findings, published in the International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal, showed that approximately 800 million viruses may be deposited per square meter of land. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/billions-of-viruses-are-raining-down-on-us-from-the-sky-every-day/ http://www.iflscience.com/environment/billions-of-viruses-ar...