The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

A critical review and prospect of NO2 and SO2 pollution over Asia: Hotspots, trends, and sources

MMMF Jion, JN Jannat, MY Mia, MA Ali… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) are two major atmospheric pollutants that
significantly threaten human health, the environment, and ecosystems worldwide. Despite …

What is the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global carbon emissions?

RL Ray, VP Singh, SK Singh, BS Acharya… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19, or SARS-CoV-2) pandemic that started in
December 2019 has caused an unprecedented impact in most countries globally and …

Google Earth Engine based spatio-temporal analysis of air pollutants before and during the first wave COVID-19 outbreak over Turkey via remote sensing

F Ghasempour, A Sekertekin, SH Kutoglu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution is one of the vital problems for the sustainability of cities and public health. The
lockdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has become a natural laboratory, enabling to …

A review of GIS methodologies to analyze the dynamics of COVID‐19 in the second half of 2020

I Franch‐Pardo, MR Desjardins… - Transactions in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 has infected over 163 million people and has resulted in over 3.9 million deaths.
Regarding the tools and strategies to research the ongoing pandemic, spatial analysis has …

Air quality, pollution and sustainability trends in South Asia: a population-based study

S Abdul Jabbar, L Tul Qadar, S Ghafoor… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Worsening air quality and pollution lead to numerous environmental health and
sustainability issues in the South Asia region. This study analyzes India, Nepal, Bangladesh …

The role of primary emission and transboundary transport in the air quality changes during and after the COVID‐19 lockdown in China

H Fan, Y Wang, C Zhao, Y Yang, X Yang… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In late January 2020, China's rapid and strict control measures to curb the COVID‐
19 spread led to a sharp halt in socio‐economic activity and a significant reduction in …

Evolution of organic carbon during COVID-19 lockdown period: possible contribution of nocturnal chemistry

Z Feng, F Zheng, Y Liu, X Fan, C Yan, Y Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous aerosol is one of the main components of atmospheric particulate matter,
which is of great significance due to its role in climate change, earth's radiation balance …

Changing air pollution scenario during COVID-19: Redefining the hotspot regions over India

B Tyagi, G Choudhury, NK Vissa, J Singh… - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the air pollution pattern over India during the COVID-19
lockdown period (24 March–31 May 2020), pre-lockdown (1–23 March 2020) and the same …

Health benefits due to reduction in respirable particulates during COVID-19 lockdown in India

A Goel, P Saxena, S Sonwani, S Rathi… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2021 - aaqr.org
To control the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Government of India
imposed various phases of lockdown starting from the third week of March 2020 …