In the distance: clean air post-COVID-19
Seddon, Jessica ; Wakabayashi, Ken ; Cardenas, Beatriz
WRI - Washington, DC
2020
epidemic disease ; air pollution ; health impact assessment ; environmental impact assessment ; climate change
Environment
https://www.wri.org/news/distance-clean-air-post-covid-19
English
Ill.
"Clean skies and longer vistas have been one of the few silver linings in the current COVID-19 crisis. Delhi residents saw the Himalayas again in April and May as particulate matter in the Indo-Gangetic Plain reached a 20-year low. Evidence from ground monitors and satellites shows widespread drops in lung-damaging nitrogen dioxide: 20-40% over cities in China, Europe and the U.S. Particulate matter also dropped in many cities during lockdown."
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