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GLOBAL DNA. "The total amount of DNA base pairs on Earth, as a possible approximation of global biodiversity, is estimated at 5.0 x 10(37), and weighs 50 billion tonnes. In comparison, the total mass of the biosphere has been estimated to be as much as 4 TtC (trillion tons of carbon)." https://lnkd.in/dZ36EmZ) View in LinkedIn

GLOBAL BIOMASS. "Apart from bacteria, the total live biomass on Earth is about 560 billion tonnes C, and the total annual primary production of biomass is just over 100 billion tonnes C/yr. The total live biomass of bacteria may be as much as that of plants and animals or may be much less." And viruses? https://lnkd.in/dZ36EmZ) View in LinkedIn

TWENTY ONE PERCENT. "Plants, mushrooms, lichens, brown algae represent 359,297 species out of a known total of 1,730,725 or about 21% by number. Note that we have no idea of the majority of bacteria and viral species, and are still counting plants and animal species." https://lnkd.in/dAy6Fk6 View in LinkedIn

TRANSPIRATION. "A new study estimates that 80 to 90 percent of the atmospheric water vapor originating from Earth's continents comes from plant transpiration rather than simple physical evaporation. This process uses up almost half of the solar energy absorbed by our landmasses and represents a major piece of our terrestrial climate system." https://lnkd.in/dKcjbbW View in LinkedIn

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MICHAEL POLLAN on The Intelligent Plant. “A controversial 2006 article in Trends in Plant Science proposing a new field of inquiry that the authors, perhaps somewhat recklessly, elected to call “plant neurobiology.” https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

"ANTHONY TREWAVAS FRS FRSE is a Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology of the University of Edinburgh best known for his research in the fields of plant physiology and molecular biology. He obtained both his degree and Ph.D in Biochemistry at University College London before performing post doctoral work at the newly constituted University of East Anglia. He moved to the University of Edinburgh in 1970. In 1972 he was invited to be first Visiting Professor at the prestigious Plant Research laboratory in Michigan State University." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trewavas View in LinkedIn

DISRUPTIVE IDEA. "The concept of plant intelligence, as proposed by Anthony Trewavas, has raised considerable discussion. The initially promising idea unfortunately appears to have been reduced to a mere metaphor nowadays, having possibly partly fallen victim of the heated exchange concerning the program of “plant neurobiology”." https://lnkd.in/dBZBAD2 View in LinkedIn