Air Pollution

Home News Science & Astronomy Blue skies and fluffy white clouds have come to California, but it isn't good news.As businesses temporarily close and reduce hours and people around the world limit travel and practice social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, Earth-orbiting satellites have observed significantly reduced emissions of nitrogen…

Women queue on areas circles marked on the ground to maintain social distancing while waiting for rations at a government ration store during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Siliguri on April 1, 2020.Photo: GettyWhen I saw reports that Indian cities had seen…

Published on Mar 31, 2020As cities and countries around the world enter lockdowns, a surprising side effect has emerged — air pollution is going down and cleaner air has arrived... for now.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNewsNBC News is a leading source of global news…

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate chan… Read More

London, March 31 (IANS) Ancient air pollution trapped in ice has revealed new details about life and death in 12th Century Britain, according to a study published on Tuesday. In the study published in the journal Antiquity, scientists found traces of lead, transported on the winds from British mines that…

As coronavirus quickly spreads around the world, the virus is forcing people to stay put. People aren’t driving or flying, leading to a massive reduction in air pollution, most notably in China, but also in Italy, the U.S. and other hard-hit areas that have implemented directives to stay home.» Subscribe…

Pedestrians wearing protective masks cross a road in front of an electronic stock board displaying ... the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March 2, 2020. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP The coronavirus lockdown hasn’t just slowed the march of…

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the European Space Agency shows.One expert said the sudden shift represented the “largest-scale experiment ever,” in…

Science & Tech COVID-19 Lockdowns Cause Drastic Dip in Air Pollution While it’s difficult to find silver linings to the COVID-19 lockdowns that have been instituted across the globe, there is one upside that’s so pronounced we can see it clearly from space: a monumental dip in global air pollution…

The world has some good news to look forward to amid the novel coronavirus outbreak: a hole in the ozone layer is in recovery.According to New Scientist, a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has continued to recover, leading to changes in atmospheric circulation.The ongoing recovery has, according to…