Most of the life found around the world exists on land. Nearly 86 percent of the global biomass is in terrestrial environments. Even though water constitutes around 70 percent of the global area, oceanic life constitutes just one percent of the global biomass.
Distribution of the global biomass across the world's environment as of 2021, by habitat
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