Scientists estimate there are 20 QUADRILLION ants on Earth
Scientists estimate there are 20 QUADRILLION ants on Earth - and say the tiny insects weigh more than all mammals and wild birdsResearchers analyzed 489 previous studies of ants, spanning every dry carbon continent that exceeds biomass combined of wild birds and mammals and is about 20% of humanity's biomass
Whether it's the number of stars in the night sky or the number of grains of sand in the Sahara, there are some questions that seem impossible to answer.
Now scientists are on the verge of finding a solution to one of these questions: How many ants are there on Earth? ?
Researchers from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzberg claim that there are 20 quadrillion ants crawling on our planet.
For comparison, there are currently about 7.8 billion humans on Earth, which means there are about 2.5 million ants per person!
Sabine Nooten, lead author of the study, said: "Our estimates put the global ant population at 20 x 1015, or 20 quadrillion of animals. .
'It's a 20 with 15 zeros, which is hard to grasp and appreciate.'
Whether it's the number of stars in the night sky or the number of grains of sand in the Sahara, there are some questions that seem impossible to answer.
Now scientists are on the verge of finding a solution to one of these questions: How many ants are there on Earth? ?
Researchers from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzberg claim that there are 20 quadrillion ants crawling on our planet.
For comparison, there are currently about 7.8 billion humans on Earth, which means there are about 2.5 million ants per person!
Sabine Nooten, lead author of the study, said: "Our estimates put the global ant population at 20 x 1015, or 20 quadrillion of animals. .
'It's a 20 with 15 zeros, which is hard to grasp and appreciate.'
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