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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Air is better, streets are empty, and as usual, the internet is filled with Fake news.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Coronavirus has driven a lot of fake news into existence, and that’s not a secret.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the time of writing this article, the Coronavirus cases throughout the world have reached a mark of 759,302 cases, out of which 36,432 deaths. So yes, Coronavirus Pandemic is as scary as it sounds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">About Covid-19(Coronavirus)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last December, in 2019, a new virus was identified in China, which was later called Covid-19(Also commonly called as Coronavirus). Even though everyone normally calls the virus Coronavirus, a thing which one must understand is that Covid-19 is mainly a virus that comes from the Coronavirus family. It’s not the proper name of the virus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How is it affecting the environment</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Covid-19 since then has caused a lot of Intermediate or short term effects on the environment due to an undeniable decrease in air pollution and a decrease in worldwide emissions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Coronavirus has forced a lot of human behaviors, which hasn’t been obligatory to follow otherwise and has helped reducing emissions a lot.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the start of the year, as China emissions fell by 25% during the Q1 of 2020 due to the lockdown scenario, and people were told to stay at home accordingly. Coal use also fell down by 40% at China’s six largest powerplants.”Good Quality” air as per the index was already 11.4% better than the same time last year in 337 cities across China, Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In Europe states that satellite images show ;nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions are fading away over northern Italy. A similar situation is playing out in ;Spain ;and ;the United Kingdom.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event,” Fei Liu, who is an air quality researcher at NASA’s Goddard space flight center, said to the ;Guardian.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can also see the significant air pollution in china in the Youtube video below-</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Scientists have also found a significant drop in greenhouse gas and other gas emissions in New York Recently, which were caused by the economic and urban activity due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Traffic levels are down 35% when they are compared to levels the same time last year, which has also led to a reduction of 50% reduction in carbon monoxide levels — which shows that cars are the major pollutants in the city. Overall CO2 levels appear to be down by as much as 10% as well.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I certainly think climate could go on the back burner, and in this case, I don’t think there is much hope that [economic] stimulus goes to clean energy,” Prof. Glen Peters from the Centre for International Climate Research mentioned While ;speaking to BBC News.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yes, a global pandemic that is taking the lives of people shouldn’t be considered as a way of bringing change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> However, the questions remain-How long will this economic impact last once things are better if not back to normal?</p>

How Coronavirus is affecting the environment?
