Name: Life After People
Released: 2009-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: James Lurie

TV Show · Documentary

Scientists explore how Earth would transform if humans vanished, from ecosystem recovery to surviving structures and fastest decay. Based on expert analysis of our industrial world without people.

2009 · 43m

Starring James Lurie

Director Douglas Cohen

EPISODE 1

The Bodies Left Behind

Bodies left behind in a post-human world.

41m
EPISODE 2

Outbreak

Forces of nature.

40m
EPISODE 3

The Capital Threat

Washington, D.C.

42m
EPISODE 5

The Invaders

Earth is invaded by predatory forces; pythons that were formerly pets battle native alligators for domination in the Everglades; invasive plants strip oxygen from rivers and lakes; desert sandstorms invade Phoenix; Shanghai sinks.

42m
EPISODE 6

Bound and Buried

The fate of entombed treasures, including the contents of a mysterious "doomsday vault," the "Mona Lisa" and the Declaration of Independence; Philadelphia's Liberty Bell cracks for good; San Francisco cable cars and bridges snap.

42m
EPISODE 7

Sin City Meltdown

The possible post-apocalyptic future of U.S. gambling meccas; a new rat pack takes over, wax figures of celebrities melt and iconic hotels crumble in Las Vegas; the ocean tears apart Atlantic City hotels, but the boardwalk stands fast.

42m