What would happen if somehow the human race were wiped out by some kind of virus that only affected us? What would Earth be like after we had left?
Written with a mix of imaginative speculations and solid science reports comes the book The World Without Us by American journalist Alan Weisman. With interviews and drawings from the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, and religious leaders, Alan Weisman gives an original outlook to humanity’s impact on the planet.
Immediately after human-kind is gone, changes would happen, like that the pumps keeping Manhattan’s subways dry would fail, tunnels would flood, soil under streets would wash away and the foundations of towering skyscrapers built to last for centuries would start to crumble.
Terrified?
See the time line of what else would happen!