COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines

The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis that this has reduced tropospheric and ground-level air pollution concentrations, using satellite data and a network of >10,000 air...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 117; no. 32; p. 18984
Main Authors:	Venter, Zander S, Aunan, Kristin, Chowdhury, Sourangsu, Lelieveld, Jos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 11.08.2020
Subjects:	Air Pollutants - analysis Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data Atmosphere - chemistry Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control COVID-19 Humans Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis Ozone - analysis Pandemics - prevention & control Particulate Matter - analysis Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Quarantine - economics Quarantine - statistics & numerical data Vehicle Emissions - analysis nitrogen dioxide particulate matter emissions COVID-19 confinement air quality
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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