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Satellite track emissions drop over China, Italy during coronavirus outbreak
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the globe, more and more regulations surrounding work and travel have been put in place to reduce the risk of transmission. As satellites orbiting Earth have observed, this has resulted in lowered air
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the globe, more and more regulations surrounding work and travel have been put in place to reduce the risk of transmission. As satellites orbiting Earth have observed, this has resulted in lowered air pollution over Italy and lowered nitrogen-dioxide emissions over China.
When the coronavirus first appeared, in December 2019 in the Hubei Province in China, factories closed and people quarantined and ceased their daily activities. So, shopping, regular work schedules and more quickly phased out of everyday life. As the outbreak grew in Italy, the same measures were taken.
TROPOMI, the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument onboard the Copernicus satellite — which is a collaboration among the European Space Agency, the European Commission, the Netherlands Space Office, industry, data users and scientists — has been observing these atmospheric changes from space.
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Link: https://www.space.com/coronavirus-pollution-emissions-drop-china-italy-satellite-views.html
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