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COVID-19's long-term effects on climate change — for better or worse

from Earth Institute at Columbia University via Phys.org

COVID-19's long-term effects on climate change — for better or worse Earth Institute at Columbia University via Phys.org As a result of the lockdowns around the world to control COVID-19, huge decreases in transportation and industrial activity resulted in a drop in daily global carbon emissions of 17% in April. Nonetheless, CO2 levels in the atmosphere reached their highest monthly average ever recorded in May — 417.1 parts per million. This is because the carbon dioxide humans have already emitted can remain in the atmosphere for a hundred years; some of it could last tens of thousands of years. READ MORE

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