Glacial Destruction, how much would be left?

[Maljonic]

I was just wondering what would be left in terms of buildings and structures if a glacier was to advance across Europe and eventually retreat after 90,000 years or so... would there be much evidence of things we'd built. Obviously most buildings would be flattened, but do you think there'd be a lot of archeological evidence of the metal structures we use to make building, and things like the Eiffel Tower and secret underground bunkers?

 

[Talyn]

Whatever happens, if humans aren't around to clean, service, maintain, repair and rebuild, I believe the majority of our 'works' will be lost.

Concrete will break down into sand, metal will rust and collapse, glass will break down back into sand, entropy will be rife. I guess one of the only things left would be plastics.

And when future archeologists dig for us, hopefully they'll see we were fucking stupid, and not make our mistakes.

If it's any use, there was a NAtGeo (might have been Discovery) show called 'Life Without People'. There you'll see what actual scientists predict may happen if we just vanished without a trace - no disasters, not world ending events, just...gone. it was pretty interesting.

 

[Maljonic]

Well I was assuming we'd still be here. Also I doubt archeologist would think we were fucking stupid, far from it in fact. I thought maybe a lot of stuff may be buried under soils etc and somehow stay vaguely in a similar shape, like RSJs and large buildings' basements and sub-basements etc. The London Underground, or parts of it, might survive in some kind of odd fashion?

 

[Shagrat]

There'd be shitloads of nuclear castoffs for them to find at least, that'll be something at least.

 

[Jupitus]

Tohtori would still be arguing with everyone

 

[ECA]

If it's any use, there was a NAtGeo (might have been Discovery) show called 'Life Without People'. There you'll see what actual scientists predict may happen if we just vanished without a trace - no disasters, not world ending events, just...gone. it was pretty interesting.

Tohtori would still be arguing with everyone

I believe these two points may in fact be related.

 

[Maljonic]

There'd be shitloads of nuclear castoffs for them to find at least, that'll be something at least.

There might be, but I think we'll either be immune by then or have some kind of cure for bad radiation effects.

 

[Raven]

When the next ice age does occur, which will happen at some point in the future, there will most probably be wars anyway. With half the northern hemisphere under ice there will be both a shortage of food and room for people to live, obviously it will happen over a long period of time much like the speed at which the last ice age retreated/is still retreating.

 

[Maljonic]

When the next ice age does occur, which will happen at some point in the future, there will most probably be wars anyway. With half the northern hemisphere under ice there will be both a shortage of food and room for people to live, obviously it will happen over a long period of time much like the speed at which the last ice age retreated/is still retreating.

Yeah, but the floating titans in the sky will be pretty cool.