The History channel has announced the relaunch of "The World Without Humans," the iconic documentary series that analyzes the planet's transformations in the event of a sudden disappearance of humanity. Over 15 years after its first broadcasts in Latin America, the production returns with a new eight-episode installment that combines science, engineering, and cutting-edge technology to answer what would happen to current constructions and ecosystems without the intervention of our species.
Unlike the original seasons premiered in 2009, this third installment integrates artificial intelligence technology for its visualizations. This technology facilitates the representation of entire cities and post-human natural phenomena in a more dynamic and spectacular way. In its first chapters, the series imagines how water would become a destructive force, affecting the dikes of London and New Orleans, while in Egypt, the Nile River would alter its course due to the abandonment of dams.
The series also explores the fragility of world trade, visualizing ports like Shanghai out of control and supermarkets transformed into new ecosystems inhabited by rodents. The series also documents how nature would advance over the great metropolises. In New York, the expansion of Central Park and the occupation of skyscrapers by wildlife is projected, while in Rio de Janeiro, Christ the Redeemer would suffer serious structural damage from erosion.
The new season of "The World Without Humans" projects various scenarios of global collapse. Other episodes detail the collapse of underground infrastructures, such as metros and oil pipelines, and the degradation of iconic buildings like the One World Trade Center and Dubai's Burj Khalifa due to the advance of deserts and the passage of time.
