Ground-level ozone pollution in China: a synthesis of recent findings on influencing factors and impacts

T Wang, L Xue, Z Feng, J Dai, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ozone (O3) in the troposphere is an air pollutant and a greenhouse gas. In mainland China,
after the Air Pollution Prevention and Action Plan was implemented in 2013—and despite …

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 …

Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

MJ Cooper, RV Martin, MS Hammer, PF Levelt… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an important contributor to air pollution and can adversely affect
human health,,,,,,,–. A decrease in NO2 concentrations has been reported as a result of …

Sustainable development goals under threat? Multidimensional impact of COVID-19 on our planet and society outweigh short term global pollution reduction

A Qadeer, M Anis, Z Ajmal, KL Kirsten, M Usman… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call on all nations to accomplish 17
broad global development goals by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a …

[HTML][HTML] Cities in the times of COVID-19: Trends, impacts, and challenges for urban sustainability and resilience

JRE Hernández, ST Moghadam, A Sharifi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, understanding its impacts on cities has
received much attention in science and policy circles. This paper systematically reviews the …

Status of air pollution during COVID-19-induced lockdown in Delhi, India

H Singh, G Meraj, S Singh, V Shrivastava, V Sharma… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
To monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), India, during the last week of
March 2020, imposed national restrictions on the movement of its citizens (lockdown) …

A systematic review of the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on urban transport: Key lessons learned and prospects for future cities

RL Abduljabbar, S Liyanage, H Dia - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the transport sector
worldwide. Lockdown and physical distancing requirements continue to be enforced in …

Global changes in secondary atmospheric pollutants during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic

B Gaubert, I Bouarar, T Doumbia, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We use the global Community Earth System Model to investigate the response of secondary
pollutants (ozone O3, secondary organic aerosols SOA) in different parts of the world in …

How does COVID-19 pandemic impact cities' logistics performance? An evidence from China's highway freight transport

Z Cui, X Fu, J Wang, Y Qiang, Y Jiang, Z Long - Transport Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The pandemic COVID-19 which has spread over the world in early 2020 has caused
significant impacts not only on health and life, but also on production activities and freight …

Mapping burn severity and monitoring CO content in Türkiye's 2021 Wildfires, using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5P satellite data on the GEE platform

OS Yilmaz, U Acar, FB Sanli, F Gulgen… - Earth science …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigated forest fires in the Mediterranean of Türkiye between July 28, 2021,
and August 11, 2021. Burn severity maps were produced with the difference normalised …