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Out of balance: Everything made by humans now outweighs everything made by nature

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Concrete and aggregates are the biggest components of human-made mass. Image: Unsplash

Jan Zalasiewicz
Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology, , University of Leicester
Mark Williams
Professor of Palaeobiology, , University of Leicester
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