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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total CO2 in biosphere | Biosphere | ~4E+16 | kg | 100244 | Nobel, P. S. "Plant ... |
| Total biomass in the biosphere | Biosphere | ~2×10^12 (~5×10^30 living cells) | tonnes of biomass | 111594 | Landenmark HK, Forgan DH... |
| Total carbon stored in aquatic biosphere | Biosphere | 1-2 | 10^15 g | 100977 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Global Biomass and Productivity in the Biosphere | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 103500 | John Harte, Consider... |
| Total carbon stored in the terrestrial biosphere | Biosphere | 2000 | 10^15 g | 100974 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| The total DNA content in the biosphere | Biosphere | 5.3×10^31±3.6×10^31 Table - link (5×10^10 tonnes of DNA) | Mb | 111593 | Landenmark HK, Forgan DH... |
| Estimated number of tailed phages in the biosphere | Biosphere | >1E+30 | tailed phages | 104839 | Mann NH. Phages of the... |
| Total net primary productivity of the biosphere (terrestrial and oceanic) | Biosphere | 1.7E+17 | g dry weight/year | 100602 | Jorg Overmann and Ferran... |
| Total terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) of the biosphere | Biosphere | 120 | Pg dry weight/year | 100596 | Human Appropriation of... |
| Total carbon stored in the terrestrial biosphere - living biomass | Biosphere | 600-1000 | 10^15 g | 100975 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Total carbon stored in the terrestrial biosphere - dead biomass | Biosphere | 1200 | 10^15 g | 100976 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Milestones in the evolution of the Earth and its biosphere | Biosphere | Table - link | Years before present | 109596 | Vaclav Smil, The Earth's... |
| Productivity of the biosphere before it was powered by the sun | Biosphere | ≥1,000 - 1,000,000 | times less than today | 113580 | Olivia P. Judson, The... |
| Fraction of all microbial cells that inhabit the deep biosphere (accounting for a third to half of all living biomass carbon on Earth) | Biosphere | 94 | % of all microbial cells | 115328 | Braun S et al., Size... |
| Amount of oxygen in biosphere (for mass of total oxygen see 'Comments' section) | Biosphere | Net total amount 5.63×10^20: free oxygen in the atmosphere 3.75×10^19: dissolved oxygen in the oceans 3.1×10^17: (the remainder stored in a large number of oxidized terrestrial and oceanic compounds) | mol | 116069 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| Fraction of life destroyed at the end-Cretaceous boundary | Biosphere | 75 | % | 111606 | Landenmark HK, Forgan DH... |
| Number of microbial genomes | Biosphere | 10^30 to 10^31 | genomes | 109667 | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L... |
| Total number of phages in biosphere and in 1mL of nonpolluted water | Bacteriophage | biosphere 10^30 - 10^32phages: in 1mL nonpolluted water ~2×10^8 PFU of phages | N/A | 112569 | Abuladze T et al., B... |
| Atmospheric carbon dioxide exchange times | Biosphere | Table - link | Years | 106498 | Skirrow G (1975) In Riley JP... |
| Total biomass on Earth | Biosphere | ≈550 | gigatons of carbon (Gt C) | 115269 | Bar-On YM, Phillips R... |