The Pandemic Is Turning the Natural World Upside Down

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by iprph90, Apr 5, 2020.

  1. iprph90

    iprph90

    https://www.theatlantic.com/science...avirus-pandemic-earth-pollution-noise/609316/

    Nice article: Couple of interesting quotes I thought were remarkable:

    "The cleaner air could lead to a brief respite in parts of the world with severe air pollution even as they battle the coronavirus. According to an analysis by Marshall Burke, a professor in Stanford’s Earth-system science department, a pandemic-related reduction in particulate matter in the atmosphere—the deadliest form of air pollution—likely saved the lives of 4,000 young children and 73,000 elderly adults in China over two months this year."

    "With spring migration in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, there are certainly more birds around. But the reduction in noise pollution—and, in some places, its total absence—might make it easier to notice the usual trilling and squawking."

    "Fournet is thinking now of North Pacific humpback whales, who have begun to move northward this month and will soon be swimming with newborn calves in southeast Alaska, a region also popular with cruise ships for views of local wildlife. “This will be the quietest entry that humpback whales have had in southeastern Alaska in decades,” Fournet said. “Nature is taking a breath when the rest of us are holding ours.”
     
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  2. Does this mean NYC won’t be underwater by next year?
    Damn AOC is going to be pissed
     
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  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Wonderful! Now they can starve to death from lack of food and overwhelming poverty.
     
  4. Overnight

    Overnight

    AOC could give less than two shits about her district, now that she is in Washington. F her, and the minority boat she floated in on.
     
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  5. It is amazing what can happen if humanity changes its usual way of life. There was relatively little time for nature to begin to recover. It is terrible to imagine what could have happened if pollution continued. I am sure that the percentage of deaths due to polluted air would increase if the pandemic did not begin. Do not you think that this is a sign that it is time to think about our planet? About how much harm we did to her, as well as the fact that only a few people try to solve this problem. This is mainly done by small companies like CarbonClick. But despite nothing, they bring to life amazing projects. We should learn from them purposefulness ...