CORONAVIRUS : GLOBAL EPIDEMIC.
Coronavirus has turned into a global epidemic. It had started out from China and has spread to almost in whole world resulting in economies crumbling down, stock markets crashing and most of the countries implement lockdown. On top of all of it, there still seems to be no identifiable cure to the disease. With all this going down there is a silver lining which can be seen in terms of unidentified benefits for the climate. It cannot be said for sure that they will exist in the long term but right now the difference can be observed. So here are some factors that could help the climate.
Clear waters
The first one of them being that river water is clearer than what they have been in past years. Due to the recent lockdown and everybody self-isolating themselves.
Reduction in emissions and greenhouse gases
Another change that has been observed is that emissions have been down and the credits can be given to Coronavirus. The analysis conducted by Carbon Brief suggested. There has been a 15% – 40% reduction in the output produced by key industrial sectors and has lead to a 25% depletion in the emission of Carbon di Oxide (CO2) gases over the past few weeks. the local government is still insisting on business to remain shut and to maintain the same policies.
Improvement in air quality
With countries and cities adopting work from home and implementing social distancing. Their research also suggested that there was a drop in CO2 as well as Methane.
The fact which is quite surprising is that the global death toll from air pollution estimates to be 7 million. There seemed to be no significant change for this fact but the lockdown due to coronavirus has resulted in the betterment of this situation.
Ozone Layer Healing
As the whole world grapples with the novel coronavirus, here's some cheerful news that shows there's always a silver lining - the vital ozone layer of the earth has finally begun healing.
Dr Anshul Mahajan
Consultant psychiatrist