Read this excerpt from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us":

The mature beech-oak-ash-ailanthus forest will be mowed

down [by glaciers]. The four giant mounds of entombed

garbage at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island will be

flattened, their vast accumulation of stubborn PVC plastic

and of one of the most durable human creations of all-

glass-ground to powder.

Which claim does the excerpt most clearly support?

AWithout humanity's presence, New York City would quickly

deteriorate.

OB. The human impact on the environment is permanent.

CNature acts swiftly to reclaim abandoned urban areas.

DNature is ultimately more powerful than humans.