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When COVID slowed humans, methane spiked anyway, and a new study reveals why
When Covid lockdowns emptied highways and grounded jets, global carbon dioxide emissions briefly dipped and city skies turned an unfamiliar shade of blue. Yet in the same window, methane in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
When human activity dropped during COVID-19, methane emissions surprisingly spiked. Now, a study points to two reasons why
As the world shuttered in 2020 amid Covid-19 lockdowns, scientists expected to see one silver lining to the pandemic: a decrease in air pollution. With fewer cars on the roads and a drop in industrial ...
Politicians used COVID as a test run to see how easily they could control society — and now they’re applying the same playbook to so-called “climate emergencies.” In this episode of The Climate ...
New Scientist on MSN
Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns
A change in atmospheric chemistry during the covid pandemic resulted in methane concentrations spiking, raising concerns that ...
In an ironic twist, lower air pollution during Covid lockdowns fuelled an unprecedented surge in the powerful greenhouse gas methane in the early 2020s, a study said Thursday. "For me, this means we ...
When you think of threats from climate change, you probably envision flooding and wind from supercharged hurricanes, or unprecedented heatwaves. A survey of people in the US from late 2024 found that ...
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