Friday, May 14, 2010

How long do you think it would take for weeds, plants and wildlife to take over london if the human race?

dissapeared tomorrow?How long do you think it would take for weeds, plants and wildlife to take over london if the human race?
This is a good question. It was only the other day I was having this very conversation whilst travelling up the motorway with our band.





It wouldn't take long. Look at little humble shoots which have the strength to poke through pavements and roads. Seeds can lay dormant underground for years.





I would love to see it! All the species and the beauty returned back to this earth.How long do you think it would take for weeds, plants and wildlife to take over london if the human race?
Depending upon the climatic conditions for the next 50 years in the UK, it would take a series of stages when all ground cover took hold, then followed shrubs and finally trees and ultimately grazers and other mammals. All in all, and including the possible escape of wildlife from Regents Park Zoo, a total of 100 years; for it to be uninhabitable for humans.
judging how quickly weeds grow on waste land within weeks trees will take a lot longer but once the decay of the buildings start maybe in a hundred years it will start to look like the forest in jungle book animals are likley to move in within weeks if there enough food as shelters not going to be a problem
You will wonder but it will take more than 1000s of years in some parts of London. You visit Kurukshetra Area in India, where the Mahabharat War was there between Kauravas and Pandavas. Not a single grass leaf is there. So modern day's pollution will make it impossible for nature to prevail.
within 6 months to a year already foxes and badgers in the outskirts and middle of London kestrels etc nesting in high office blocks on the windowsills probably less than 6 months
There was a show on the history channel that asked that question. Within months of humans disappearance, animals and plants will already be taking over London.
pretty quick on the outskirts, but you have a job finding any greenery in central london, it would take a long time and probably mostly brambles and ivy would creep through
Not long seeing as how crappily roads and pavements are built...





if you have a patio you will know how quick weeds grow,
not long (you'd be surprised at how many weeds, plants and wildlife are already thriving there)
Just watch the channel 4 documentary on Monday night for the answer..

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