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Early COVID-19 lockdowns had less impact on urban air quality than first believed

Jan 13 2021 Read 467 Times The first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected – a new study reveals. After developing new corrections for the impact of weather and seasonal trends, such as reduced NO 2 emissions from winter to summer, the researchers evaluated changes in ambient NO 2, O 3 and fine particle (PM 2.5) concentrations arising from lockdown emission changes in 11 global cities: Beijing, Wuhan, Milan, Rome, Madrid, London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles and Delhi. Led by experts at the University of Birmingham, the international team of scientists discovered that the beneficial reductions in NO

Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn t Reduce Air Pollution as Much as We Thought

An aerial view of the roads and bridges are seen on Feb. 3, 2020 in Wuhan during covid-19 lockdown. (Photo: Getty Images, Getty Images) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. I know it seems like forever ago, but think back to the early days of covid-19 when lockdowns first halted travel and industry in huge swaths of the world. It was devastating to the economy and was a symptom of a huge public health problem, but reports showed there was at least one good thing to come out of it: As levels of activity in many sectors fell, so did global air pollution. Well, a new study shows that we may have overestimated those reductions in air pollution.

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