Book description
"On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and
immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them
right off the face of the earth. They all go."
What if mankind disappeared right now, forever ... what would happen
to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet's
climate ever recover from human activity? How would nature destroy our
huge cities and our myriad plastics? And what would our final legacy
be?
Speaking to experts in fields as diverse as oil production and
ecology, and visiting the places that have escaped recent human
activity to discover how they have adapted to life without us, Alan
Weisman paints an intriguing picture of the future of Earth. Exploring
key concerns of our time, this absorbing thought experiment reveals a
powerful - and surprising - picture of our planet's future.
Alan Weisman is a journalist and the author of numerous books. His
writing has won several major awards and has appeared in
The New York
Times Magazine
and the
Los Angeles Times Magazine
.
