Author : Dr.r.l.poonguzhali
Keyword : Covid-19; environment; positive impact, issues
Subject : Economics
Article Type : Review article
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Abstract : COVID 19 Pandemic having a terrible impact on Human life. On the other hand, the Environment looks quite good. For the first time in 25 years, most of the cities' air quality has turned to the green index. It is indicating that the environment is healing. In this article, researchers tried to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment. It was found that the environment was healed in the quarantine and lockdown period. Reports from around the world indicate that the world's major cities have shown an improved index in air quality during March and April. Due to complete closure in the Wuhan city of China, NO2 was reduced by 22.8 μg/m3 and 12.9 μg/m3. The imposition of the lockdown makes the whole machinery and vehicle standstill. All the transportation was stopped entirely. All these things lead to a reduction in environmental noise considerably. As a result of the social distancing measure and stay-at-home orders, people were confined to their homes, and hence a very notable change was observed at the famous beaches of the world. They looked bright and clean. Some negative aspects of the coronavirus pandemic were also discussed: increase in the organic and inorganic waste in the lockdown period; Increase in the Medical Waste; waste management activities have been suspended and hence reduced recycling of waste. Data has been obtained from secondary sources. At last, some lessons for the future are discussed for the benefit of the environment.
Article by : Dr R L Poonguzhali
Article add date : 2021-08-01
How to cite : Dr.r.l.poonguzhali. (2021-August-01). How covid-19 boosted environment. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/804