If Humans Disappeared

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If humans disappeared, it could be said that humans have really done a number on the

planet. We've created a mess with our industrialization, the creation of toxic chemicals,
garbage dumps and oceans filled with plastic and giant urban sprawls that have eaten up
big chunks of nature. With all this stuff happening, it might not be a bad idea. If suddenly
humans disappeared overnight, it's obvious a lot of things would be happening during the
cataclysmic disappearance. With that said, let's run a mind thought experiment and see
what would happen if humans disappeared. Imagine a world in motion. Humans are
controlling all kinds of systems, vehicles, machines and aircraft. If we suddenly
disappeared, it is assumed that the machines that we are operating would come to a halt,
but not without a lot of ensuing chaos. Airplanes would fall from the sky, cars would keep
going in the direction they were moving without anyone to control or stop them, and
machines we control to build things would either keep drilling, digging, or moving
something. With nothing controlling these machines, there would be at least an hour or
two, several hours of destruction. It would be a good thing that humans would be missing
from this part of our disappearance. This doesn't even include factories, coal and power
plants, gas works, oil refineries, nuclear power plants, and other industrial places that
have some sort of problem. About humans at the controls. However, it is very probable
that the lights will go out first, and likely within a few hours should we cease to exist. The
only power plants that would still be making power would be hydroelectric plants like the
Hoover Dam. These could provide power for months, perhaps even years, without any
type of human maintenance. Speaking of water, there are some places in the world that
use pumps to keep groundwater from flooding streets and metro and subway tunnels.
These areas would likely fill with water with no power to operate them. Nuclear power
plants would automatically go into safe mode at some point. And fossil fuel plants would
run out of energy shortly after. If the systems and nuclear power plant shut everything
down, there would likely be no disasters such as Fukushima or Chernobyl. However, there
is still a chance of nuclear meltdown at a plant that would result in tons of radioactive
matter escaping into the air, water or soil, causing radiation contamination. Worldwide.
Spent nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants is generally stored in pools and on site
facilities. Without people to ensure that this water remains cool, the heat of the fuel rods
boils it away and the fuel rods catch fire. The resulting nuclear disaster spread fallout over
large areas. Most plants and animals within the affected zones die. The bigger problem
would be chemical plants that create dangerous chemicals. These plants are carefully
controlled and maintained. Many chemicals require electricity to remain stable. Cut the
power in these plants and you suddenly have a big problem. The plants could explode and
the chemicals that would be released into the Earth's atmosphere would create a
chemical nuclear winter. Sewage treatment facilities fail without electricity, leaving
sewage treatment plants useless. Raw sewage begins polluting rivers and lakes. Unlike
unintended nuclear power plants, unattended oil refineries would explode as they are
already dangerous, even with a crew managing operations. Not to mention the time
bombs left in petroleum tanks, chemical plants, and power plants that might poison the
earth beneath them for eons, however, if that didn't destroy all other living things. Then
the animals would become the rulers of the world. Shortly after humans were gone,
animals would then take over the world. Perhaps even the insects would also be a big part
of this new ecosystem. Without humans, animals that were domesticated have to
suddenly fight for survival. Most food on the supermarket shelves and inside home
refrigerators has rotted. Pets still trapped inside houses can drink the water leaking from
thawed freezers, but a mass die off of domestic animals begins. Those that can escape
homes and yards will begin to scavenge for food. But landing domestic dog breeds,
especially small dogs and those bread for special qualities like stubby legs and short
muscles, will be unable to survive long in the wild. This would lead to many wild animals
going into cities or making their way to farms or grazing pastures. To hunt as they
normally would after several years, the animal populations might change or balance
themselves out. Domestic cats and dogs would have to learn to be wild or face extinction
now without their human providers. Bears, lions and other wild animals would be able to
go wherever they please without humans to stop them, with no more electric fences to
corral them. About 1 billion pigs, 1.5 billion cows and 20 billion chickens would either
starve to death or become food for other animals. After just two weeks from Japan to
California, 3.5 million tons of garbage goes uncollected and storms wash some of it out to
see, increasing the Great Pacific garbage patch after the months, perhaps. OK. This is the
part that where can I check. I remembered that you have part of information, the rest is.
Up to you. OK. For the first two activities, remember that one is the reading into your
book, the other is speaking. You don't have OK to do anything. I mean no creating any
document for this last activity. There is a writing please you have to create a document,
OK, you have to create a document and remember that one person into the team is gonna
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