Do you think that the Covid-19 pandemic has been able to reduce pollution on land and crystal clear waters in the oceans with a surprising wealth of fish, revitalized coral reefs, I await your answers my dear colleagues at resaerch gate, are you agree with me?
I agree with you, but I don't have as such documents in support.
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N Das
The gross reduction in industrial activities has led to significant reduction in pollution. It is to be expected. For instance, Sewage water from homes and businesses, as well as runoff from streets, are treated in wastewater treatment plants before being released into nearby rivers. When the city imposed a stay-at-home order in mid-March, many of Manhattan's 2.1 million commuters began working from home or left the city. Fewer people producing those pollutants means that fewer particles end up in the water in the Hudson River. Satellite data showed a more than 40% drop in turbidity during the pandemic in a section of the Hudson River. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201208162957.htm
Please take a look at the following RG link.
Article COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plast...
Also, see the link below.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-has-worsened-the-ocean-plastic-pollution-problem/
COVID 19 indirectly made our atmosphere much less polluted than earlier
The covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on pollution but pollution is back as air travel and factories have opened up again.
Covid-19 pandemic situation significantly improves air quality in different cities across the world, reduces GHGs emission, lessens water pollution and noise, and reduces the pressure on the tourist destinations, which may assist with the restoration of the ecological system. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498239/
Check https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-long-term-environmental-implications-of-covid-19-4b7a9937/
No, the damage has already be done. During the pandemic we reduced pollution but we did not treat what has been polluted.
Hi Dr Djemli Samir . See the following link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.669374/full
See the following RG link: Article Coronavirus lockdown helped the environment to bounce back
Also see the following link: Article Environmental challenges induced by extensive use of face ma...
Kindly see also the following RG link: Article COVID-19 and surface water quality: Improved lake water qual...
Such discussions have already been posted.
It is obvious that the reduction in ship traffic has at least contributed to "clarifying" the waters.
There are no specific data on this "phenomenon" and I doubt they will ever be produced.
Well, off course I agree with you. We are making the pollution not nature. If you block human activities they won't produce pollution anymore. Eventually, nature will heal itself.
Thank you
Dr. Selim
Djemli Samir
Please also have a look at this link.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-022-09851-5
Thanks!
Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the problem of global plastic pollution.
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