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COVID-19

Hillside view of the Lombard city of Varese, Italy
Posted inNews

Exposure to Low Levels of Air Pollution Increases COVID-19 Risk

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 16 February 202216 February 2022

Although causality has yet to be established, an Italian case study found that an increase in annual average exposure to PM2.5 was associated with a jump in the rate of COVID-19.

Lightning striking the hills behind the small town of Villalonga, Spain.
Posted inNews

Cleaner Pandemic Air Led to Reduced Lightning Strikes Worldwide

by Krystal Vasquez 26 January 20226 July 2022

As people stayed home during the COVID-19 lockdowns, air quality improved. But the improvement was accompanied by an unusual meteorological side effect: a decrease in lightning.

Posted inGeoFIZZ

Seis formas de seguimiento satelital del COVID-19

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 21 October 202129 March 2023

Una nueva base de datos revela ciudades más opacas, campos de cultivos vacíos y puertos vacíos.

Cars on the Golden Gate Bridge
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Remote Work May Be Keeping Some Cities’ Air Cleaner

by Rebecca Dzombak 12 October 202129 March 2023

Widespread remote work may have kept air pollution lower than pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels even though restrictions were lifted in 2020, a new study finds.

Sky full of dust over Dakar, capital city of Senegal.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Intersections of Environment, Health, and COVID-19 in Africa

by G. S. Jenkins 26 July 20212 March 2023

A new special collection in GeoHealth seeks papers examining the link between environmental conditions and human health in Africa.

Nighttime satellite image showing lights in the San Francisco Bay area in June 2020
Posted inOpinions

Integrating Data to Find Links Between Environment and Health

by Zhong Liu, D. Tong, J. Wei and David Meyer 26 May 20212 March 2023

Several obstacles stand in the way of integrating social, health, and Earth science data for vital geohealth studies, but there are tools and opportunities to overcome these obstacles.

An image of Naito Parkway in Portland, Ore., during the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Did the Drop in COVID-Related Emissions Affect the Climate?

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 4 May 202113 March 2023

Global emissions dropped markedly in 2020, due in large part to lockdowns that slowed economic and social activity, but the climate likely won’t be noticeably affected.

Scientist Kim Prather stands next to a wave tank in a laboratory
Posted inNews

Aerosol Scientists Try to Clear the Air About COVID-19 Transmission

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 31 March 202131 May 2022

“We are basically doing what a public health agency should be doing.”

A robotic arm retrieves an underwater hydrophone
Posted inScience Updates

Measuring Ambient Ocean Sound During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by P. L. Tyack, J. Miksis-Olds, J. Ausubel and E. R. Urban Jr. 4 March 20211 February 2023

An expanded nonmilitary hydrophone network provides new opportunities to understand the variability and trends of ocean sound and the effects of sound on marine organisms.

Members of the Perseverance Mars rover team working in the time of COVID-19, either at home (some with family members) or masked in the Mars mission control room
Posted inNews

A Bad Time for Mars Time

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 17 February 20215 January 2022

Thanks to COVID-19, mission control for the Perseverance Mars rover will look emptier than previous missions, and fewer scientists and engineers will follow the rover’s schedule.

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