Aftermath: Population Zero (2008)

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In lieu of honing in on a past or current event (as is the common practice with National Geographic documentaries), this unique program speculates on the future - more specifically, on the dire fate of the Earth in the scenario that all human beings are indiscriminately wiped out by a full-scale… More In lieu of honing in on a past or current event (as is the common practice with National Geographic documentaries), this unique program speculates on the future - more specifically, on the dire fate of the Earth in the scenario that all human beings are indiscriminately wiped out by a full-scale cataclysm, such as drought, nuclear war, or the onset of a new ice age. What would the fate of man-made structures be, if suddenly abandoned? How long would it take the ecosphere to rebound from the damage thrust onto it by men and women, in the instance that homo sapiens vanish? These are the sorts of questions posed by Aftermath - Population Zero. The program blends informed commentary from scholars with onscreen computer-generated creations of post-apocalyptic landscapes, to provide an uncompromising view of the Earth, post-mankind ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi