In 'The World Without Us,' Alan Weisman imagined how the Earth would look if humans vanished. Is the COVID-19 lockdown making that a reality?
winner that examines the perils of global population growth and the many ways it pushes us toward the chilling scenario of “The World Without Us.”
More important, however, he hopes that the speed with which COVID-19 literally spanned the globe proves once and for all that we are all part of the same ecosystem and it is our personal and collective responsibility to protect it.Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions.“We are living in the middle of a metaphor,” he said. “Anything that can happen anywhere can have an impact on us. We are 7.
When COVID-19 hit, Weisman was at work on a book about climate change; he should be in the midst of a very ambitious itinerary of international research trips that he will reschedule as soon as it is safe.
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