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The World Without Us.(Brief article)(Book review)
Teasing out the consequences of a simple thought experiment--what would happen if the human species were suddenly extinguished--Weisman has written a sort of popscience ghost story, in which the whole earth is the haunted house. Among the highlights: with pumps not working, the New York City subways would fill with water within days, while weeds and then trees would retake the buckled streets and wild predators would ...
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