The World Without Us

DiscoverTheImpactOfTheHumanFootprintIn"TheWorldWithoutUs".TakeUsOffTheEarthAndWhatTracesOfUsWouldLinger?AndWhichWouldDisappear?AlanWeismanWritesAboutWhichObjectsFromTodayWouldVanishWithoutUs;HowOurPipes,Wires,AndCablesWouldBePulverizedIntoAnUnusual(ButMere)LineOfRedRock;WhySomeMuseumsAndChurchesMightBeTheLastHumanCreationsStanding;HowRatsAndRoachesWouldStruggleWithoutUs;AndHowPlastic,Cast-Iron,AndRadioWavesMayBeOurMostLastingGiftsToThePlanet.But"TheWorldWithoutUs"IsAlsoAboutHowPartsOfOurWorldCurrentlyFareWithoutAHumanPresence(Chernobyl;APolishOld-GrowthForest;TheKoreanDmz)AndItLooksAtTheHumanLegacyOnEarth,BothFleetingAndIndelible.It'SNarrativeNon-FictionAtItsFinest,TakingOnAnIrresistibleConceptWithGravityAndAHighly-ReadableTouch.SomeExamplesOfWhatWouldHappenAre:OneYear:SeveralMoreBillionBirdsWillLiveWhenAirplaneWarningLightsCeaseBlinking;TwentyYears:TheWater-SoakedSteelColumnsThatSupportTheStreetAboveNewYork'SEastSideWouldCorrodeAndBuckle.AsLexingtonAvenueCavesIn,ItBecomesARiver;100,000Years:Co2WillBeBackToPre-HumanLevels(OrItMightTakeLonger);Forever:OurRadioWaves,FragmentedAsTheyMayBe,WillStillBeGoingOut.