Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era

M Yang, L Chen, G Msigwa, KHD Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution since its onset in December
2019 require special attention. The rapid spread of COVID-19 globally has led countries to …

Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

M Soga, MJ Evans, DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - People and nature, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic and the global response have dramatically
changed people's lifestyles in much of the world. These major changes, as well as the …

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 …

Ambient ultrafine particle (PM0. 1): Sources, characteristics, measurements and exposure implications on human health

SFI Abdillah, YF Wang - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of ultrafine particles (UFPs; PM 0.1) has been prevalent since the past
decades. In addition to become easily inhaled by human respiratory system due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the impact of COVID–19 preventive measures on traffic in the State of Qatar

D Muley, MS Ghanim, A Mohammad, M Kharbeche - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Ever since the beginning of 2020, the mobility of people and goods all over the world has
been extremely limited as a result of movement restrictions imposed by local authorities as …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on air quality: a systematic review

ACT Silva, PTBS Branco, SIV Sousa - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments imposed severe
restrictions on socio-economic activities, putting most of the world population into a general …

Leveraging machine learning algorithms to advance low-cost air sensor calibration in stationary and mobile settings

A Wang, Y Machida, P deSouza, S Mora, T Duhl… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-cost air sensing is changing the paradigm of ambient air quality management research
and practices. However, consensus on a structured low-cost sensor calibration and …

Examine the associations between perceived neighborhood conditions, physical activity, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Y Yang, X Xiang - Health & place, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examined how neighborhood conditions changed and how neighborhood
conditions were associated with physical activity and mental health during the COVID-19 …

Black carbon-climate interactions regulate dust burdens over India revealed during COVID-19

L Wei, Z Lu, Y Wang, X Liu, W Wang, C Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
India as a hotspot for air pollution has heavy black carbon (BC) and dust (DU) loadings. BC
has been identified to significantly impact the Indian climate. However, whether BC-climate …