Life after people [videorecording] : the series, the complete season one & two James Lurie; History Channel (Television network)

Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [Australia] : A&E Televison Networks, c2009.Description: 6 x DVD's ; 915 minsSubject(s):
Contents:
The bodies left behind -- Outbreak -- The capital threat -- Heavy metal --The invaders -- Bound and buried -- Sin City meltdown -- Armed & defenseless -- The road to nowhere -- Waters of death.
Summary: What would happen if every human being on Earth disappeared? This isn't the story of how we might vanish - it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. Each episode is a stunningly graphic examination of how the very landscape of planet Earth would change in our absence, using cinematic CGI to reveal, in scientific detail, the fate of every aspect of the world wiped clean of humanity. What happens to the millions of animals that supply our food and which predators would take over our homes? How would plants react, would our satellites fall to Earth and when would the Statue of Liberty Crumble? From animal outbreaks to structural collapses, building to a unique visual finale, all 10 episodes in this 3-DVD set illustrate what happens in the hours, days, months, and years after people disappear. Welcome to Earth, population zero.Summary: What will the world be like when mankind is extinct? The pyramids may stand forever, but the cities will disappear. Our greatest masterpieces will fade and crumble. As global warming and the depletion of natural resources become ever more pressing issues it is critical to consider how we can reduce our impact on the planet. Journey to locations around the globe already going through the processes of a lack of human intervention. See the changes wrought in just decades in ghostly settlements like Chernobyl, which was abandoned since only 1986, and island towns off the coast of Maine. How long would it take before the last remnants of mankind completely disappeared?
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What would happen if every human being on Earth disappeared? This isn't the story of how we might vanish - it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. Each episode is a stunningly graphic examination of how the very landscape of planet Earth would change in our absence, using cinematic CGI to reveal, in scientific detail, the fate of every aspect of the world wiped clean of humanity. What happens to the millions of animals that supply our food and which predators would take over our homes? How would plants react, would our satellites fall to Earth and when would the Statue of Liberty Crumble? From animal outbreaks to structural collapses, building to a unique visual finale, all 10 episodes in this 3-DVD set illustrate what happens in the hours, days, months, and years after people disappear. Welcome to Earth, population zero.

6 x DVD's.

The bodies left behind -- Outbreak -- The capital threat -- Heavy metal --The invaders -- Bound and buried -- Sin City meltdown -- Armed & defenseless -- The road to nowhere -- Waters of death.

Originally broadcast on the History Channel. "Welcome to earth. Population zero."-- Cover.

What will the world be like when mankind is extinct? The pyramids may stand forever, but the cities will disappear. Our greatest masterpieces will fade and crumble. As global warming and the depletion of natural resources become ever more pressing issues it is critical to consider how we can reduce our impact on the planet. Journey to locations around the globe already going through the processes of a lack of human intervention. See the changes wrought in just decades in ghostly settlements like Chernobyl, which was abandoned since only 1986, and island towns off the coast of Maine. How long would it take before the last remnants of mankind completely disappeared?

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