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What Earth Without People Would Look Like
Raynor writes "Imagine a world without people. What if every human being, all 6.5 billion of us, were suddenly abducted and the planet was left to fend for itself? The planet would heal. 'The sad truth is, once the humans get out of the picture, the outlook starts to get a lot better,' says John Orrock, a conservation biologist. Pollution would cease being created. It would remain around for many years, CO2 taking as long as 20,000 years to be restored to it's natural level, but will decrease. Even if we were all whisked away and our nuclear reactors melted down, it would have a surprisingly little effect on the planet. Chernobyl gives hope to this end. 'I really expected to see a nuclear desert there,' says Ronald Chesser, an environmental biologist. 'I was quite surprised. When you enter into the exclusion zone, it's a very thriving ecosystem.' In the grand scheme of the world there would be little evidence of our existence at 100,000 years. The most permanent piece is the radio waves we've emitted of the last century. As the article puts it, 'The humbling — and perversely comforting — reality is that the Earth will forget us remarkably quickly.'"
...nobody would be running Windows.
Is all the environmental hype about styrofoam over blown? Will some ancient civilization mine for it like we mine for oil? ... or will it disappear?
"The sad truth is, once the humans get out of the picture, the outlook starts to get a lot better,'"
not to me.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Like in professional sports teams?
Falling trees would never again make a sound. So sad.
How about just a world with one of me (heterosexual male) and all women. A short but happy life....
When the gender ratio exceeds 3:1 mass situational homosexuality begins to kick in.
That's not a bug, that's a feature!
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
I was really hoping the article would come with a picture.
Bottles.
Something tells me it's not a very good idea to hang around slashdot then.
João Pinheiro
Rubbish!
Aliens will find:
Fscking AOL CDs
Chewing gum stains on all underfoot surfaces
The Duke Nukem Forever development team still hard at work
AT&ROFLMAO
Service you? No nerdboy, you would service US. Now go get me a beer, bitch. And put this wig on....