The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has led to a reduction in deadly CO2 emissions in China and to cleaner water in the canals of Venice due to people isolation.
The images provided by NASA show a sharp decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels – which are mainly associated with the burning of fuel for transport and industry – throughout China, which the agency partially explains with measures taken to stop the spread of the virus. According to Lauri Myllyvirta, an analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, the restrictions led to a 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions. Similar indicators apply to the entire planet.
According to estimates by Marshall Burke, a scientist at Stanford University, the reduction “probably saved the lives of 4,000 children under the age of five years and 73,000 adults aged 70+ in China.”
There is also concern that future accelerations in industry, aimed to recover from the economic impact of coronavirus, may return this figures to previous levels. Nevertheless, according to scientists, the apparent impact of coronavirus (and the associated reduction in emissions) on the environment definitely serves as a motivator for future changes.
A similar reduction in air pollution was recorded in Italy (and especially in Northern Italy), which became the center of the spread of the virus, where quarantine was introduced.
Social networks also provided images of the canals of Venice with large fish swimming in a small canal and of swans gliding through waterways.
As The Journalist reported, Coronavirus pandemic could make 25 million people jobless.
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