What 10,000,000 Years Without Humans Looks Like

What Would Happen If Every Human on Earth Suddenly Disappeared?

After 1 day, massive fires will break out in oil refineries, since no one was there to man them. Some of these will last a month.

After 1 week all the lights and electric grid switches off.

After 1 month, nuclear power plants become unstable and meltdown.

After 1 year, all the satellites will fall back down to earth.

After 10 years, mother nature will have conquered surviving cities.

After 100 years, skyscrapers would begin to collapse.

After 1,000 years rubber tires will have "biodegraded"

After 10,000 years most of the lead in the soil left by the industrial revolution is cleaned up.

After 100,000 years CO2 levels in the atmosphere return to pre-human levels.

After 1,000,000 years structures like Mt Rushmore are breaking down.

After 10,000,000 years, the final traces of humanity, bronze statues become unrecognisable. To put all that time into perspective, between the last dinosaur, and first human, was 60 million years.

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