Archive for May 2020

Temperatures in the Artic Ocean hit the highest levels in human history. Why does this matter? What are some simple steps that you can do to avoid being a contributor or at least reduce your footprint? The Washington Post reported that for the first time in human history “the climate system sounded simultaneous alarms. Near…

“Globally, we haven’t seen a drop this big ever, and at the yearly level, you would have to go back to World War II to see such a big drop in emissions,” said Corinne Le Quéré, a professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia in the U.K., and the study’s lead…

Studies performed by the Center for Climate, Health, and Global Environment at Harvard University suggest that residents of heavily polluted areas are more likely to experience the severest cases of coronavirus. Click to read study. Why is this? Is reversal of air pollution possible? It is an undisputed fact that air pollution weakens the immune…

But What Do We Do Afterward? As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the globe, governmental regulations prohibiting or limiting businesses and transportation resulted in sharp declines in fine particles in the environment known as PM2.5 (nitrogen dioxide NO2). These particles are only emitted by the burning of fossil fuels, primarily in vehicles and domestic industry.…