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It was discussed in the context of the show's topic, and described as a book exploring what the planet would be like if humans suddenly disappeared, detailing erosion and corrosion processes.
Remember that amazing 2007 book, The World Without Us by Alan Weissman?
— Episode: The Silurian Hypothesis
Episode: The Silurian Hypothesis
It was discussed in the context of the show's topic, and described as a book exploring what the planet would be like if humans suddenly disappeared, detailing erosion and corrosion processes.
Remember that amazing 2007 book, The World Without Us by Alan Weissman?
So this guy basically went to the trouble of figuring out in five years, 10 years, 50 years, 100 years, 1,000, so on...what the planet would be like after, if humans just suddenly vanished.