20 Things That Would Happen if Humans Disappeared From Earth Overnight
Only stone structures will remain
The Egyptians must have known that the only thing that can truly stand the test of time is stone. Structures like the Pyramids, Mount Rushmore and the Great Wall of China will still stand 10,000 years after humans leave the earth and will be some of the few remnants marking our relatively short time on this planet.
Air will be cleaner
After the chemical and nuclear fallout has blown over, earth’s air will be cleaner than ever before and visibility in some parts of the world could greatly increase. Within 100,000 years, C02 levels in the atmosphere will finally return to the levels they were at before humans walked the earth.
Plastic will be discovered in our fossils
Hundreds of millions of years later, should earth receive any interstellar visitors, they might be very confused by what they find. Plastic particles will be one of the few enduring legacies the human race leaves behind as they are virtually immune to bacterial breakdown, rust or corrosion. Remaining micro plastics will in time be swept into the ocean and deposited in sediments.
Future alien races could very well uncover fossils containing plastic and rubber particles which could leave them scratching their heads about earth’s former inhabitants.
Electromagnetic radiation will remain
Amazingly, one trace of man that will forever remain is the electromagnetic signals that we’ve sent out into the abyss. Fragments of out television, radio and telephone signals will forever be pinging around in space, leaving clues behind for future extraterrestrial explorers to decipher about the beings that once walked planet earth.
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