The biomass is measured in the volume of carbon spread across the world's environment. Terrestrial life accounts for 470 billion metric tons of carbon, and deep subsurface life, like bacteria and archaea, accounts for 70 billion metric tons of carbon. Only about six billion metric tons of carbon are found in the oceans despite covering a significant area of the Earth's surface.
Global biomass volume across the world's environment as of 2021, by habitat
(in billion metric tons of carbon)
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