[HTML][HTML] Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden

ZS Venter, K Aunan, S Chowdhury, J Lelieveld - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The lockdown response to COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented reduction in global
economic activity and associated air pollutant levels, especially from a decline in land …

Global air quality and COVID-19 pandemic: do we breathe cleaner air?

MA Torkmahalleh, Z Akhmetvaliyeva, A Darvishi Omran… - 2021 - digital.csic.es
The global spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
challenged most countries worldwide. It was quickly recognized that reduced activities …

Changes in US air pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic

JD Berman, K Ebisu - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 global pandemic has likely affected air quality due to extreme changes in
human behavior. We assessed air quality during the COVID-19 pandemic for fine particulate …

Nonuniform impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality over the United States

LWA Chen, LC Chien, Y Li, G Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Most of the state governments in United States (US) issued lockdown or business
restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which created a unique …

Air quality improvement from COVID-19 lockdown: evidence from China

M Wang, F Liu, M Zheng - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021 - Springer
As we move through 2020, our world has been transformed by the spread of COVID-19 in
many aspects. A large number of cities across the world entered “sleep mode” sequentially …

The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on human mobility and ambient air quality around the world: A systematic review

S Faridi, F Yousefian, H Janjani, S Niazi, F Azimi… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted this systematic review to identify and appraise studies investigating the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) effect on ambient air pollution status worldwide. The …

Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on global air quality and health

F Liu, M Wang, M Zheng - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has put much of the world into lockdown, as one unintended
upside to this response, the air quality has been widely reported to have improved …

COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines

ZS Venter, K Aunan, S Chowdhury… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an
unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis …

Air pollution impacts of COVID-19–related containment measures

GP Chossière, H Xu, Y Dixit, S Isaacs, SD Eastham… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Responses to the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in one of the largest short-term decreases in
anthropogenic emissions in modern history. To date, there has been no comprehensive …

Global, continental, and national variation in PM2. 5, O3, and NO2 concentrations during the early 2020 COVID-19 lockdown

C He, S Hong, L Zhang, H Mu, A Xin, Y Zhou… - Atmospheric pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lockdowns implemented in response to COVID-19 have caused an unprecedented
reduction in global economic and transport activity. In this study, variation in the …