Yeah, runaway global warming might not happen. Plant monocultures would begin to disappear. New invasive species wouldn’t happen, though existing ones might have a better time for a bit. Major thoroughfares wouldn’t create barriers to migration. Dams might take centuries to collapse, but I think humans going extinct might have one of the biggest impacts.
But if you exclude humans, that’s where you have some debate. I see bees and spiders mentioned in this thread and I’m inclined to agree with bees, because of how vital those dudes are for pollination and thus for any animal that ultimately relies on plants (hint: that’s all of them! predators also need a population of herbivores to feast on)
Humans, probably. Just look at the impact COVID had on the environment.
Yeah, runaway global warming might not happen. Plant monocultures would begin to disappear. New invasive species wouldn’t happen, though existing ones might have a better time for a bit. Major thoroughfares wouldn’t create barriers to migration. Dams might take centuries to collapse, but I think humans going extinct might have one of the biggest impacts.
Humans, absolutely. That’s an easy answer.
But if you exclude humans, that’s where you have some debate. I see bees and spiders mentioned in this thread and I’m inclined to agree with bees, because of how vital those dudes are for pollination and thus for any animal that ultimately relies on plants (hint: that’s all of them! predators also need a population of herbivores to feast on)