The Earth After Us

• This book imagines the world 100 million years from now - a novel perspective of our reign on Earth, and looks at what future aliens may find as they piece together the history of the planet from the rocks
• Uses this approach to show the difficulties of interpreting the Earth's past history from the rocks, and explains the ingenious ways in which geologists and palaeontologists work
• Provides a novel way at looking at geological processes and mechanisms - from fossilization to plate tectonics
• Asks intriguing questions, such as what kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What will happen to cities, roads, cars, and plastic cups? How thick a layer would the nullhuman stratumnull be? And what clues might the rocks reveal about our demise as a species?
• Provides a unique perspective on environmental change - and argues that the geological legacy of Homo sapiens will provide the ultimate verdict on our species and on our relationship with the planet

Readership: Readers of popular science interested in the planet Earth and its history, especially rocks and fossils, and in environmental change.

Jan Zalasiewicz, Lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester

"this is a brilliant and unique book" - Geoscientist

"Informative and even jaw-dropping." - Colin Waters, The Sunday Herald

"A sobering view of humanity's geological legacy." - PDS, The Guardian

Prologue
1: Perspective
2: 100 Million Years AD
3: The Strata Machine
4: Tectonic Escalator
5: High Water, Low Water
6: Dynasties
7: Echoes
8: Traces
9: Body of Evidence
10: Meeting the People
Further reading