The decrease in air pollution throughout the world has been very evident. In Northern India, theHimalayas were suddenly visibleafter the strict lockdown imposed throughout the country, and Germany recentlyset a solar power recordafter a drop in air pollution cleared the skies. ...
Air pollution has been a widespread and visible concern, that has increased significantly over the last decade across many parts of India with severe consequences for human health and well-being. The Indian government, as in many other countries, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by enforcing ...
Accordingly, the decrease in sleep quality was substantially correlated with negative mood (p < 0.001). There were no differences in the ESS or SATED. Conclusions: The COVID-19 outbreak-associated events correlate with decreased sleep quality in association with an increase in negative mood. ...
Modeling experiments show that the reduction in aerosols had a stronger impact on precipitation than the decrease of greenhouse gases did. We conclude that through abrupt emissions reductions, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed importantly to the 2020 extreme summer rainfall in eastern China....
These efforts were thwarted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a significant decrease in public transport ridership. Its scope varied with the passage of time and with the dynamics of the pandemic itself, which were significantly different for individual cities. This ...
The COVID-19 quarantine in China is thought to have been beneficial for reducing the population exposure to ambient air pollution. The overall exposure also depends, however, on indoor air quality and human mobility and activities, which also changed during the pandemic. Here we integrate real-ti...
pollution, adherence to lockdown, COVID-19 rates, world region and parental leave policy; we did not ultimately include these data due to (1) not being able to identify readily available reliable data for all our study settings (air pollution and adherence to lockdown) or (2) finding ...
Lockdown measures due to the outbreak of COVID-19 offered a unique opportunity to identify the source and quantify reductions in urban pollutants. Air pollution data from ground-based urban monitoring stations showed a general decrease in urban air pollutants (NOx, CO and PM10) in two cities of...
Li L, Li Q, Huang L, Wang Q, Zhu AS, Xu J et al (2020) Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: an insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. Sci Total Environ. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sci...
Therefore, we refer to the COVID-19 outbreak here as an ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ experiment that indicates a pollution baseline, which cities may aim to achieve under ‘normal’ conditions. This switch-off offers important educational opportunities regarding potential control systems and ...