ReviewEnvironment, development and sustainability2021
Positive environmental effects of the coronavirus 2020 episode: a review.
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28 citing papers in PubMed.
- Feasibility of a Green Breast Surgery Protocol to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Care: BuGS Trial Interim Results.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding of environmental pollution and its anthropogenic impacts on biological resources during the COVID-19 period.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Review
- Crop residue burning increased during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study of rural India.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Changes in air pollution, land surface temperature, and urban heat islands during the COVID-19 lockdown in three Chinese urban agglomerations.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on the short-term association between in-vehicle particulate pollutants and the respiratory health of Parisian taxi drivers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Changes in physicochemical, heavy metals and air quality linked to spot Aplocheilus panchax along Mahanadi industrial belt of India under COVID-19-induced lockdowns.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2023Article
- Perceptions of change in the environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for environmental policy.Environmental impact assessment review · 2023Article
- COVID-19 environmental and operational impact for public transport in Kuwait.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- COVID-19 response in Africa: impacts and lessons for environmental management and climate change adaptation.Environment, development and sustainability · 2023Review
- Profiling of phthalates, brominated, and organophosphate flame retardants in COVID-19 lockdown house dust; implication on the human health.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Spike in pollution to ignite the bursting of COVID-19 second wave is more dangerous than spike of SAR-CoV-2 under environmental ignorance in long term: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Review
- Understanding Air Quality Changes after Implementation of Mitigation Measures during a Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Literature in the United States.Aerosol and air quality research · 2022Article
- The role of remote sensing during a global disaster: COVID-19 pandemic as case study.Remote sensing applications : society and environment · 2022Review
- Sustainable development goals under threat? Multidimensional impact of COVID-19 on our planet and society outweigh short term global pollution reduction.Sustainable cities and society · 2022Article
- The regional impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the air quality in Ji'nan, China.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A mini-review: positive impact of COVID-19 on Arial health and ecology.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Review
- Contrasting tourism regimes due to the COVID-19 lockdown reveal varied genomic toxicity in a tropical beach in the Southern Atlantic.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2022Article
- Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- COVID-19 lockdown and natural resources: a global assessment on the challenges, opportunities, and the way forward.Bulletin of the National Research Centre · 2022Review
- Substantial increase in perceived benefits over harms of COVID-19 outbreak but persistent socioeconomic disparities: Comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The outbreak of COVID-19 has made a global catastrophic situation that caused 1,039,406 deaths out of 35,347,404 infections, and it will also cause significant socio-economic losses with poverty increasing from 17.1 to 25.9%. Although the spreading rate of COVID-19 is very high on October 6, 2020, the death rate is still less than 2.94%. Nonetheless, this review article shows that the lockdown has induced numerous positive impacts on the environment and on energy consumption. For instance, the lockdown has decreased the electricity demand by 30% in Italy, India, Germany, and the USA, and by 12-20% in France, Germany, Spain, India, and the UK. Additionally, the expenditure of the fuel supply has been decreased by 4% in 2020 as compared to the previous years (2012-2019). In particular, The global demand for coal fuel has been reduced by 8% in March and April 2020 as compared to the same time in 2019. In terms of harmful emissions, the lockdowns reduced the emissions of nitrous oxides by 20-30% in China, Italy, France, Spain, and by 77.3% in São Paulo, Brazil. Similarly, the particulate matter level has been reduced from 5-15% in Western Europe, to 200% in New Delhi, India, which in turn has enhanced the air quality in a never-seen manner in recent times. In some places, such as New York, USA, CO
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