Rats and the triumph of nature: a neural network showed what the world will look like after the disappearance of humanity (8 photos)
In general, the planet Earth only wins.
According to scientists, if we imagine the time of the planet's existence as a day (24 hours), then humanity appeared at 23 hours 59 minutes and 56 seconds. That is, 4 seconds before the end. How long these 4 seconds will last according to Earth time is unknown. In the history of the Earth, scientists have recorded 5 mass extinctions. The last one happened 65 million years ago. Then 75% of living beings died, including dinosaurs.
Scientists have created an approximate chronology of events that will occur after the disappearance of humanity. Spoiler - it will only be bad for people themselves. In general, planet Earth only benefits.
- Without people who maintain the operation of urban infrastructure and industrial enterprises, water will stop flowing in pipes, and electricity will stop flowing through wires, - says Carlton Basmajian, associate professor of urban design at the University of Iowa. - Without water that circulates in the cooling system of nuclear power plants, nuclear reactors will begin to explode. Without electricity, water pumps that pump out groundwater will stop and the subways of all major cities in the world will be flooded with water within the first 36 hours. And this will only be the beginning of a whole series of global man-made disasters.
Journalists turned to a neural network to show what the world will look like after people disappear. According to AI, the planet will be renewed and reborn.
Immediately after a person disappears, due to the lack of operators, fires will start at oil refineries, and pumps will stop pumping water from the subway.
The fuel in the emergency generators that provide cooling systems for nuclear power plants will run out. There are about 450 of them in the world, so there will be explosions everywhere. After the hydroelectric power plants are turned off, the water level in the reservoirs will begin to rise. The dams will break, and the water will flood many cities.
Garbage animals, including rats and mice, will empty stores and supermarkets. Domesticated animals will become easy prey for predators, which will immediately increase. The absence of people will cause an explosive growth in the number of wild animals. Large cities will begin to be populated by wild animals.
Most of the cities will be covered with earth and plants. Red Square will be covered with grass, buildings will begin to collapse. Only a memory will remain of humanity.
Satellites and the ISS will begin to fall to Earth. Fortunately, by this time there will be so many animals that a small extinction will not lead to anything. Snakes will multiply incredibly and become much larger in size due to the large number of rats.
Skyscrapers will collapse. In a thousand years, the Earth will turn into a green planet and completely recover. Humanity will be forgotten.