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If humans vanished overnight, what would happen to the planet?

A crowd at the cricket ... what if everyone disappeared? — A crowd at the cricket ... what if everyone disappeared? Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

If all of humanity were to vanish from the Earth overnight, say next weekend, what is likely to happen to the planet, considering its present condition?

Ray Chenery, Darwen, Lancs

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