Tim and James talk mankind, animals, and whether we need to put whales on a diet.

A paper recently published in the journal Nature states that global human made mass has exceeded all living biomass. An extraodinary statement! We look at the findings of this work, questioning how ‘global human made mass’ and ‘biomass’ are defined, and why they authors decided to compare them. We also touch on work of this type more generally, exploring the motivations and incentives for its production.

Note: Tim and James are both keen proponents of action on climate change and reducing mankinds impact on the planet.

Here are some link to some of the sources that were used in the creation of this episode.

The Nature paper in question

The paper which collected the biomass data on which the Nature paper is based

Music: Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3553-cool-vibes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/