Which claim would alan weisman most likely agree with?
a. humanity has come to rival nature in its power over earth.
b. humans and nature live in a precarious balance.
c. new york city lacks a viable ecosystem for supporting life.
d. man-made waste, such as pollution, has an irreversible effect on nature.

The correct answer is option B "Humans and nature live in a precarious balance". Alan H. Weisman is an American author widely known for his work as journalist. One of his most critically acclaimed works is "The World Without Us", a book where a scenario of the Earth without humans is described. One of the themes in Weisman's works are the balance that human and nature have, he would likely agree that this is a precarious balance.

B. Humans and nature live in a precarious balance.

Explanation:

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wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human

i believe the answer is d : )