[HN Gopher] If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look li...
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       If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year
       later?
        
       Author : gmays
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-01-01 20:00 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | rufus_foreman wrote:
       | There's a non-fiction book "The World Without Us" based on a
       | similar premise,
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Without_Us.
        
       | sleepytimetea wrote:
       | I got a "Donate" full page blocker popup in my first second of
       | ever visiting this website- really turned me off, why would I
       | donate to a website I barely got a glimpse of ? Immediately hit
       | the back button...
        
         | Affric wrote:
         | It's a project of some of the most well endowed educational
         | institutions on Earth begging for donations. Begging for
         | donations is their raison d'etre.
         | 
         | FWIW no pop up for me and generally I find the articles good.
        
       | jarvist wrote:
       | Strangely this piece doesn't mention nuclear power plants: with
       | 400 or so operational nuclear power plants worldwide, that's a
       | lot of core meltdowns.
       | 
       | Similarly I would imagine there would be a lot of oil in the sea,
       | if suddenly all the oil rigs and refineries were instantly
       | abandoned.
        
         | coprogram wrote:
         | If demand were to slowly drop to zero over a year as electrical
         | devices shut down or fail, will a nuclear plant reduce power
         | production without human input?
        
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