The World Without Us

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Condición del ejemplar: Good. Imagine that tomorrow every human being on Earth suddenly disappeared. What would happen to the world we leave behind? In this extraordinary thought experiment, journalist Alan Weisman explores how the planet would respond to our absence. Within days, the pumps that keep New York’s subways dry would fail and the tunnels would flood. Within years, plants would crack the pavement and wildlife would reclaim the streets. Over centuries, bridges would fall, buildings would crumble and forests would return. Yet some of our creations would last astonishingly long: bronze sculptures, plastics in the oceans, radioactive waste and the faint radio signals traveling out into space. To tell this story, Weisman traveled the world, consulting biologists, engineers, archaeologists, art conservators and other experts, and visiting places where nature has already begun to take back what people abandoned, from the Korean Demilitarized Zone to the deserted city of Varosha in Cyprus and the area around Chernobyl. Both haunting and hopeful, The World Without Us offers a fresh and unforgettable perspective on humanity’s impact on the Earth, and on the remarkable resilience of the natural world.