What would New Jersey look like if every human being suddenly vanished?
Over time, miles of unused roads would be uprooted by trees, as unrestrained forests grew. Patchy grasslands would swallow contaminated industrial sites and local wildlife would gradually find new dwellings in once thriving urban areas.
It's a post-human scenario not too different from an area of Jersey City's Liberty State Park, according to researchers at Rutgers-Newark.
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