In April 2020, as Delaware and states across the country adopted social distancing measures to deal with the public health crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19), University of Delaware professor Cristina Archer recalled ...
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The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon dioxide increase during the last deglaciation that took place 20,000 to 10,000 years ago, according to a new report by Boston College geochemist Xingchen ...
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Aviation has been calculated to be 3.5 percent of all human activities that drive climate change, new research shows.
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Sep 3, 2020
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Atmospheric scientists have analyzed how the February near-total shutdown of mobility affected the air over China. Results show a striking drop in nitrogen oxides, a gas that comes mainly from tailpipes and is one component ...
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Aug 20, 2020
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As a global center for petrochemical manufacturing, Houston, Texas, experiences some of the worst air quality in the country, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evidence suggests that air pollution disproportionately ...
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Aug 5, 2020
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Large improvements of air quality in China during the COVID-19 lockdown have been widely reported, but new research reveals that the two pollutants most harmful to human health, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone, ...
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Jul 27, 2020
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States instituted business closures, social distancing and other policy measures to combat the spread of disease. University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers ...
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Jul 14, 2020
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Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK's towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, new research shows.
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Jul 13, 2020
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In connection with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite measurements made headlines showing how much the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) had decreased in China and northern Italy. In Germany, traffic density ...
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Jun 26, 2020
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You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests.
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Jun 25, 2020
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