Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Life After People : Welcome to Earth...Population: Zero.

Do you ever thought of Life on Earth after People ... if not this might catch your attention.

Life After People was a television speculative fiction series on which scientists, structural engineers and other experts speculate on about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

Tagline : "Welcome to Earth...Population: Zero."

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  • OutBreak :This episode predicts the uncontrolled encroachment of nature upon the abandoned cities of ChicagoAtlanta and London, and how deadly viruses, like rabies, could spawn out of control as the populations of escaped pets and other animals, like wild hogs and the corgis belonging to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, could explode without the interference of man. The episode also explores Gary, Indiana, portions of which were abandoned by people over 30 years ago.


  • The Capital ThreatIn a life after people, the forces of nature could consume Washington, D.C. and America's national treasures as they fall into ruin, zoo animals could escape their enclosures, and Los Angeles could burn in an inferno and eventually return to its original state before it became civilized by humans. The episode also explores the temples in Cambodia, which were abandoned by people about 600 years ago.
  • Heavy Metal This episode projects how long the nation's buildings and bridges will stand before the elements consume the steel and concrete, from the Empire State BuildingChrysler BuildingBrooklyn Bridge and the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and how once domesticated animals, like horses, will return to wild herds that roam America's grasslands. The episode also examines the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, which was abandoned by people 90 years go. 
  • The InvadersAfter the disappearance of man, sandstorms could sweep through PhoenixMiami and Shanghai might disappear into the ocean, and invasive plants and animals such as Burmese Pythons will spread uncontrolled. Also included is the fate of the Taj Mahal in India. The episode also exploresTyneham, England, which was abandoned by people 65 years ago during World War II. 
  • Bound and Buried In a post-apocalyptic future, even sealed artifacts such as the Liberty Bell, the United States Declaration of Independence, and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will not survive indefinitely. Wolves and feral dogs struggle to survive. In San Francisco cables snap on the Golden Gate Bridge and the cable cars are sent careening through the streets, while the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur survive longer than most other modern towers. In Paris, the fate of the Mona LisaLascauxLascaux II, the Venus de Milo and the Notre Dame de Paris is shown. The episode also examines Centralia, Pennsylvania, which was largely abandoned over 25 years because of a coal seam fire burning beneath the town.
  • Sin City MeltdownThis episode predicts how two gambling cities will deteriorate without people; rats invade Las VegasNevada, the famous hotels such as the Stratosphere Tower and the Luxor Las Vegas crumble to dust, the Las Vegas sign falls from its location, and the wax statues of celebrities melt away. Atlantic City is destroyed as ocean waves smash through casinos, break up the boardwalk and piers and tarnishes the fate of Lucy the Elephant. Camels go wild in North America, like their ancestors, and are transformed after the next ice age. Over thousands of years, the Voyagerspace probes are battered by impacts from dust and debris, leaving few recognizable remnants of humanity behind. The episode also examines the Americana Amusement Park in Monroe, Ohio, showing how degraded it has become after only recently having been abandoned in 2002.
  • Armed & DefenselessIn a future without people, the machines of war deteriorate; nuclear submarines lie on the ocean floor, and the USS Missouri is the target of a renewed "attack" on Pearl Harbor, as the ship transforms into a plant-covered island. Most dairy cows die, but a few survive and adapt to life on America's plains alongside thriving herds of bison. This episode also examines Honolulu, the Wells Fargo Center in Denver and North Brother Island off of New York City, which was abandoned 45 years ago. 
  • Roads to Nowhere This episode looks at how vehicles will deteriorate without people, how America's automobile plants and transportation symbols such as the Renaissance Center and the Ambassador Bridge will shatter in Detroit's harsh winters, and how unattended oil refineries will explode. In San Antoniothe Alamo falls to a new invader, and the Tower Life Building meets its demise. Also, animals adapt, armadillos spread, some dogs rekindle their hunting instincts, and longhorn cattle flourish once again. This episode also examines the Packard plant and the 60 square miles (160 km2) of Detroit which was abandoned 40 years ago. 
  • Waters of Death In a world devoid of humans, water floods cities like New Orleans. Its aquarium's power goes out, spelling trouble for the animals inside. Head lice die off without human hosts. The fate of Seattle and its symbolic Space Needle is shown as the city returns to a saltwater marsh, and humidity in the Middle East wrecks the space-age structures of Dubai, including the Burj Al Arab Hotel. The fate of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is shown and Louisiana's tallest building One Shell Square collapses. The episode examines buildings in New Orleans that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina and were subsequently abandoned four years before the airing of the episode.


                                                    

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