In China, strict quarantine improves air quality but it is not too long
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health and published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health finds that China’s countrywide ban on traffic mobility from February 10 to March 14 greatly limited automobile emissions and sharply reduced the country’s often severe air pollution.
Having dropped dramatically in the height of lockdown, the concentration of harmful gases seen recently surpasses levels during the same period last year, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
The rebound appears to be driven by industrial emissions, and presents early warning signs that the country may be on track for a “dirty recovery” in which highly polluting industries lead the way, the CREA says.
This is an example of what will be happening where we live. We are having a difficult time right now but at the same time, we have to learn something from our life experience studies to make the world a better place.
Sources:
- https://youtu.be/cHSftdHskxs
- https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/pollution-co2-economy-china/
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/satellite-images-show-resurgence-of-air-pollution-over-china-1.4861849
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