COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review

GD Sharma, AK Tiwari, M Jain, A Yadav… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has slowed global economic growth and consequently impacted the environment
as well. Parallelly, the environment also influences the transmission of this novel …

How changes in human activities during the lockdown impacted air quality parameters: A review

S Marinello, MA Butturi… - Environmental progress & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The health emergency linked to the spread of COVID‐19 has led to important reduction in
industrial and logistics activities, as well as to a drastic changes in citizens' behaviors and …

Status of air pollution during COVID-19-induced lockdown in Delhi, India

H Singh, G Meraj, S Singh, V Shrivastava, V Sharma… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
To monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), India, during the last week of
March 2020, imposed national restrictions on the movement of its citizens (lockdown) …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to PM2. 5 and PM10 and COVID-19 infection rates and mortality: A one-year observational study in Poland

M Czwojdzińska, M Terpińska, A Kuźniarski… - Biomedical journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Atmospheric contamination, especially particulate matter (PM), can be
associated viral infections connected with respiratory failure. Literature data indicates that …

Impact of outdoor air pollution on severity and mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia

O Bronte, F García-García, DJ Lee, I Urrutia… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The relationship between exposure to air pollution and the severity of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia and other outcomes is poorly understood. Beyond age and …

A brief review on changes in air pollution scenario over South Asia during COVID-19 lockdown

M Mishra, UC Kulshrestha - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2021 - aaqr.org
In general, the lockdown to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a
better quality of air across the world. The concentrations of both particulate and majority of …

Vehicular fleet characterisation and assessment of the on-road mobile source emission inventory of a Latin American intermediate city

YS Grassi, NB Brignole, MF Díaz - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The management of urban mobile-source emissions is nowadays a challenging topic. This
paper describes a comprehensive and practical analysis of the vehicular fleet …

Emissions reduction of greenhouse gases, ozone precursors, aerosols and acidifying gases from road transportation during the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombia

Y Camargo-Caicedo, LC Mantilla-Romo… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to analyze the changes in the emissions from the transport sector
during the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombia. We compared estimated emissions from road …

Atmospheric emission changes and their economic impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Argentina

TR Bolaño-Ortiz, SE Puliafito, LL Berná-Peña… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This work studied the emission changes and their economic effects during the Argentina's
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. We have analyzed the atmospheric emissions of the main …

Impact of mobility restrictions on NO2 concentrations in key Latin American cities during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

MI Volke, R Abarca-del-Rio, C Ulloa-Tesser - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Between March and June 2020, activity in the major cities of Latin America declined
due to containment efforts implemented by local governments to avoid the rapid spread of …