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The World Without Us
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
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'On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go.'
What if mankind disappeared right now, forever...what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet's climate ever recover from human activity? How would nature destroy our huge cities and our myriad plastics? And what would our final legacy be?
Speaking to experts in fields as diverse as oil production and ecology, and visiting the places that have escaped recent human activity to discover how they have adapted to life without us, Alan Weisman paints an intriguing picture of the future of Earth. Exploring key concerns of our time, this absorbing thought experiment reveals a powerful - and surprising - picture of our planet's future.
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- Andy
- 01-07-23
Packed with facts and figures
This booked is based on a strong, fact-based approach to reviewing the impact of humanity on planet earth. It can feel laborious to listen to for extended periods (due to the barrage of statistics and facts), however, it’s a price worth paying to properly understand the narrative.
Recommended but take your time!
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- MV
- 10-05-22
Great collection of impacts, not so great listening experience
Great eye opener of the vast impact we don’t se just because it is out of our eyes. Just have a listen and think of your impacts on the planet you live on, that has given you the place to exist.
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If true, man, is this just the next step of getting rid of people.
Whoever read this, sounds like he spent a lot of time in a sound booth repeating phrases and words and algorithm synthesised a voice that reread the text.
Very poor, unemotional and sometimes weird pronunciations of words took out of otherwise great story.
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- RLG
- 01-02-24
Story might be better than I have indicated
I was so excited about this book BUT the presentation of the story is so awful I'm finding it hard to concentrate on the content. In fact I have given up. It makes something that I think I would like, beyond boring.
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- 11-03-24
very mixed opinion on this
book is interesting for some parts, you get a chapter which you cant stop listening to and then you get an a chapter where you just phase out as he doesn't talk about much in particular or goes of subject bit, might be for some people but i didn't finish it for this reason
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