Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19

doi:10.3390/ijerph17145167

	Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19
	Ching, Joseph 1; Kajino, Mizuo 1,2
	2020-07
发表期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	1660-4601
摘要	The world is currently shadowed by the pandemic of COVID-19. Confirmed cases and the death toll has reached more than 12 million and more than 550,000 respectively as of 10 July 2020. In the unsettling pandemic of COVID-19, the whole Earth has been on an unprecedented lockdown. Social distancing among people, interrupted international and domestic air traffic and suspended industrial productions and economic activities have various far-reaching and undetermined implications on air quality and the climate system. Improvement in air quality has been reported in many cities during lockdown, while the death rate of COVID-19 has been found to be higher in more polluted cities. The relationship between the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and air quality is under investigation. In addition, the battle against COVID-19 could bring short-lived and long-lasting and positive and negative impacts to the warming climate. The impacts on the climate system and the role of the climate in modulating the COVID-19 pandemic are the foci of scientific inquiry. The intertwined relationship among environment, climate change and public health is exemplified in the pandemic of COVID-19. Further investigation of the relationship is imperative in the Anthropocene, in particular, in enhancing disaster preparedness. This short article intends to give an up-to-date glimpse of the pandemic from air quality and climate perspectives and calls for a follow-up discussion.
关键词	COVID-19 airborne transmission climate change air quality environmental public health the Anthropocene
DOI	10.3390/ijerph17145167
WOS关键词	MOUNT-PINATUBO ; IMPACT ; TRANSMISSION ; SEASONALITY ; SURVIVAL ; HUMIDITY ; DISEASES ; DRIVERS ; WASTE
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
出版者	MDPI
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	1.Meteorol Res Inst; 2.Univ Tsukuba
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ching, Joseph,Kajino, Mizuo. Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,2020.
APA	Ching, Joseph,&Kajino, Mizuo.(2020).Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
MLA	Ching, Joseph,et al."Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2020).

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