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title: "After we're gone"
description: "The 4 minute summary what will happen to planet Earth."
url: https://www.mathys.to/writing/inspiration/after-were-gone-10716/
section: inspiration
published: 2017-03-20
last_updated: 2026-05-03
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# After we're gone

*The 4 minute summary what will happen to planet Earth.*

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> "About a month after we disappear all cooling water on nuclear facilities will have evaporated. Millions of animals will die of cancer."

> "After 300 years metal constructions such as the Eiffel tower will break."

> "Whales will thrive and reproduce to the max of the ocean capacity to feed them."

> "In 50 million years plastic bottles and pieces of broken glass will be the last trace of human existence."

> "If in 300 million years there will be a new rational species they may not even notice we were there before."