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Sci Total Environ. 2020 Apr 20;728:138820. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138820. [Epub ahead of print]
COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise?
Muhammad S[SUP]1[/SUP], Long X[SUP]2[/SUP], Salman M[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
In late 2019, a novel infectious disease with human to human transmission (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan China, which now has turned into a global pandemic. Countries all over the world have implemented some sort of lockdown to slow down its infection and mitigate it. Lockdown due to COVID-19 has drastic effects on social and economic fronts. However, this lockdown also has some positive effect on natural environment. Recent data released by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and ESA (European Space Agency) indicates that pollution in some of the epicenters of COVID-19 such as Wuhan, Italy, Spain and USA etc. has reduced up to 30%. This study compiled the environmental data released by NASA and ESA before and after the coronavirus pandemic and discusses its impact on environmental quality.
Copyright ? 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Environmental pollution; NO(2) emissions
PMID:32334164DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138820
COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise?
Muhammad S[SUP]1[/SUP], Long X[SUP]2[/SUP], Salman M[SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
In late 2019, a novel infectious disease with human to human transmission (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan China, which now has turned into a global pandemic. Countries all over the world have implemented some sort of lockdown to slow down its infection and mitigate it. Lockdown due to COVID-19 has drastic effects on social and economic fronts. However, this lockdown also has some positive effect on natural environment. Recent data released by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and ESA (European Space Agency) indicates that pollution in some of the epicenters of COVID-19 such as Wuhan, Italy, Spain and USA etc. has reduced up to 30%. This study compiled the environmental data released by NASA and ESA before and after the coronavirus pandemic and discusses its impact on environmental quality.
Copyright ? 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Environmental pollution; NO(2) emissions
PMID:32334164DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138820