Earth without people

            Earth Without People was written by Alan Weisman and is a “what if” story telling about what would happen if all the humans in the world were gone one day. It discusses all the effects that the world would have on everything that humans have ever done. It starts out telling us about a specific section of Korea that hasn’t been touched by humans since a war took place there over 50 years ago. It gives us an example of just how fast the world can work to turn a completely ravaged landscape back into a thriving ecosystem. The rest of the article focuses on all the different aspects of human life and how the absence of humans would help the world rebuild over them.

            The entire article gives you a very good perspective about the good and bad effects humans have had on the world. It mostly talks about what has happened that has hindered and destroyed nature such as cutting down forests and wrecking the coral reefs. However it does bring up some points about how if we didn’t have humans how it would negatively affect the world. For example, different electric and nuclear power plants will leak toxic chemicals into the environment without the proper care over several years. The buildings may have been built by humans in the first place but now that they’re here we need to take care of them otherwise there will be consequences.