How the coronavirus crisis is helping improve the environment across the world

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As economic activity has slowed, air quality over Europe and China has temporarily improved. For climate scientists, the way millions of people around the world have changed their behaviour shows it is possible to do the same for the climate crisis.

Children wearing face masks play at a park in Beijing on 20 March.The reductions for China, though, were short-lived. Nitrogen dioxide levels are increasing again as life slowly returns to normal for some.

“The drop in Italy, especially over the Po Valley, has been quite significant and is certainly to a large extent linked to a lockdown of Italy due to the COVID-19 outbreak,” he told SBS News. “We expect that a decrease in global domestic product leads to a decrease in carbon emissions,” he said. Australian climate scientist Robyn Schofield said Australia is also likely to see a drop in emissions, although it’s too early to predict by how much. Schofield, who specialises in air pollution studies, said we can expect to see the reduction in urban areas due to the limitations on transport and industry.

Mr Aschbacher said the changes will only temporarily improve air quality and a reduction of CO2 emissions for a couple of weeks or months and will have a small impact in the long-term.

 

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And starve to death instead.

China outbreak virus , Globalization is not continued

Globalization center is China, Because set a lot of factory in the China

I want to see the world wildlife news. Reporter Birds reporting on the best decade in a long time

The world needs to stop buying crap from china, travelling less, cutting down on meat and plastic consumption.

This has to be one of the most ghoulish articles published so far. If coronavirus is good, tell that to the thousands of families who have lost a loved one because of the virus.

Yeah. Go live like Fred Flintstone. Abolish the SBS

That's polution not warming. And PO anyway with this BS. Are you saying stay home do nothing to help the climate? You insane?

Confusing air quality with temperatures again?

Where do you think the iphone you are using and most other things in your house were made? Or are Amish?

Just ignore the mass suffering from the resulting global economic depression.

This is evil and disgusting 🤨

1. Climate and air quality are different things. 2. So it’s true you want lots people to lose their livelihoods and die. 3. There is no climate crisis.

Not if people all end up losing their jobs. So what is this? Take the pride of working and earning a living away from people? Make them depend on the state? What’s next? Communism?

More news like this please

Showing livestock and agriculture is not the problem. Who would have thought

Yes, everybody should stay at home forever, definitely won't have an effect on the economy.

climate crisis is fictitious, we are dealing with a real problem at the moment.

Except there is no fcking climate crisis. Idiots.

You people are legitimately insane....

It's peddling fake Climate Crisis stories that has led everyone to dismiss Corona as another overrated hoax. Stop lying!

I call bullshit 🤔

Is COVID-19 Mother Nature's revenge on mankind?

So let stay at home Without working in factory or mining or construction industry and by that we make the world better. So the solution is kill 6 billion people and leave 1 billion. Than the world will be better. Was the world better when the dinosaur disappeared?

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How about more deadly viruses; that would work…wankers!!

A ridiculous conclusion People staying at home is not an option There are simply too many people on the planet

Climate hoax this song has been played to death... we are not interested. Climate hoax = UN Agenda 21/2030 = evil.

There is no climate crisis. Stop pushing this nonsense narrative.

it is not impossible for every second or third to suicide either. Especially under a thoughtful guidance

MSMWatchdog2013 It's not the behavior of individuals causing the change. It's the shutdown of entire polluting industries. Blame the right people.

This doesn't mean virus outbreak is a good thing, it means some damnass humans (few are commenting here) should realize that if we change our behaviour we could limit climate change crisis 😒

PrueBardsley

That’s not what it says MRobertsQLD - it says that we are demonstrating we can change, and so we should change. When we restart the economy, let’s do it in a sustainable way!

And to think we are no where near the net zero emission target the climate alarmists hope for.. we still have some planes while trucks and cars are keeping our shop shelves stocked and fossil fuel keeping the lights on at night.. imagine how life will be when that ends!!

FatherBob So something can be done for the environment?

Localized pollution =/= climate crisis. Stop pushing this bullsh*t narrative please.

So shutting down everything will improve the climate, I thought it was just power generation was the problem

Sadly it will be back to normal once this crisis slows down.

Cancel trade with China and India and 'voilà' most of the world's pollution is cancelled also!

So leftards, how are you enjoying the life with zero emissions?

Global apocalypse to save the world. Great idea for muppets

Why are you mislabelling HumanCausedGlobalWarming something alarming and yet type-, cause an epoch-ambiguous like 'climate crisis'? Is the irony not obvious?

Fake news 👆🏻 . The average temperature for Melbourne so far this month is the same as the long term average .

Basically admitting that climate cultists just want to end all economic activity.

Showing it is only possible to start changing behaviour once people start dying.

Hay cada vez más evidencia de que el gobierno de trump nos ha engañado una vez más, y es ellos los que han creado el caos.

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