I enjoyed that, but it got very dark and thought-provoking! Started by taking about places 'in absentia' that humans had previously occupied, but abandoned - quarried out areas, islands that no longer have the resources that brought humans there, areas like Chernobyl that have been contaminated. In each case the story was fairly rosy from an eco-perspective - nature has returned, adapted and often flourished without humans. However as the book went on and started looking into the future and how seismic events could cause humanity to perish as has happened to so many dominant species before it caused me to puff my cheeks a bit. Also got my thinking about whether humanity on the whole is a good thing! For all our technological achievements and ingenuity, would the world be better off without us?
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