How the Coronavirus Is (and Is Not) Affecting the Environment

Image: Josh Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory.

Using mostly space-based information, NASA explains the impact of COVID-19 on pollution, traffic and coal consumption. It also highlights and rectifies misinformation that was circulating on social media, such as that elevated levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) were allegedly due to an increase in human cremation.

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(Indirect) impact of the virus