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Cars on the Golden Gate Bridge
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Remote Work May Be Keeping Some Cities’ Air Cleaner

by Rebecca Dzombak 12 October 202121 March 2022

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 Z. Liu, D. Tong, J. Wei and D. 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?

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

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

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.

Imagen satelital del hemisferio este de la Tierra.
Posted inNews

Ocho lecciones del COVID-19 para guiar nuestra respuesta climática

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 February 20215 November 2021

La respuesta global de la pandemia en curso puede enseñarnos cómo deberíamos y no deberíamos responder la crisis climática. Y lo más importante aún, demuestra que podemos hacer algo.

A Raspberry Shake seismograph on an empty University of Michigan field
Posted inNews

Students Monitor Campus Noise in Seismic Silence

by C. Cuellar 17 December 20206 September 2022

Researchers are engaging their students with low-cost seismology research to monitor local noise on campus.

A person stands on the rim of a canyon in New Mexico with the Sun shining down
Posted inScience Updates

A Pandemic Pivot in Earth Science Outreach and Education

by M. Hubenthal, W. Bohon and J. Taber 2 December 202022 March 2022

For some educators, restrictions imposed by COVID-19 created space for innovation and affirmed the value of online tools and learning environments for increasing access to and engagement with science.

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