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The Island of Wonders
Marine ecosystems, Image by Hiroko Yoshii

Marine

ecosystems

- 10 metres ↓

G

Graham's number is a way to explain how much is the total amount of litters in the ocean, of inconceivably greatness

100k

Marine animals that die each year due to plastic¹

415

The number of Dead Zones created by pollution, where no organisms are able to live. The Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest areas² in the world

Front - Sospensione Anteriore 60-80mm

Our Planet

All the Earth's ecosystems are in decline, threatened by the aggressiveness of human activity that disrupts and changes the planet's vital balance. Glaciers, rainforests and oceans are on the verge of collapse that will cause the sixth mass extinction. Here is a look at the abnormal numbers of these super predators called men, the mad rulers of the Anthropocene.

Alpine Ecosystems, Image by Pascale Amez

Alpine

ecosystems

4.000 metres ↑
3.000 metres

 104k 

Melting glaciers¹

 44% 

Percentage of Alpine flora threatened with extinction³

 50% 

The percentage of ice mass lost from 1931 to 2016 by Alpine glaciers²

Forest ecosystems, Image by Kat Closon
2.000 metres ↓

 10 

The millions of hectares of forest lost per year, an area roughly the size of South Korea¹

1,4

Billions of hectares of forests lost in the last 300 years²

44k

The number of species threatened with extinction due to deforestation³

Fluvial ecosystems

Fluvial

ecosystems

1.000 metres

3

Billions of people at risk of disease due to water quality in rivers, lakes and aquifers¹

40%

The percentage of heavily polluted rivers and lakes²

350

The megatonnes of waste dumped into water every year by industries³

Coastal ecosystems, Image by frank mckenna

Coastal

ecosystems

0 metres

60%

The percentage of the world's population living near or along the coast¹

85%

The percentage of the global coastline anthropomorphised²

10

The millions of tonnes of plastic that arrive on beaches every year³

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