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[Free Topic] COVID-19 could be the silver lining for environment |
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by Claudia Marin | 12-04-2020 03:37
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“Every cloud has a silver lining” This very popular saying could identify what is happening now with nature, and I mean to the impact of COVID-19 in our world and its improvement. There are some good news we should highlight from this disease that is bringing a lot of deaths, sadness and desperation over the countries. The fact is that this virus is improving our environment, to the extent that we can breathe purer air, see the blue sky cloudless and unpolluted by the smoke from the factories that daily expelled many chemicals into the air, and even observe the birds singing in the mornings, see the swans crossing the waterways and rejoice with the surprise that, thanks to this change, several species have managed to escape from their extinction. Then, we affirm that world is taking a breath after a long time, and it’s getting better related to its status and structure. According to Meaghan Wray (2020), she says that a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is repairing itself due to industries are closed and people are staying at home in order to stop the spread of this virus. Likewise, reports from Carbon Brief have showed that “the drop in the use of coal and crude oil together suggest a CO2 emission decrease of around a quarter or more compared with the same two-week period last year” (FutureLearn, 2020). However, the head of the UN Environment Programme says that this positive impact on nature would last a short time because these are “temporary because they come on the back of tragic economic slowdown and human distress” (Inger Andersen, 2020). To end up, it’s remarkable to see the positive changes that this pandemic has caused in our environment, and there is no denying that thanks to this, climate change will be reduced compared to previous years. Although its impact is temporary, I believe that it’s proving to be quite effective in terms of improvements for the world. I therefore believe that when people come out of quarantine, they will see a before and after in our nature, and I am sure that the memory of this great change will not be temporary. Sources: - FutureLearn. (2020). COVID-19: Its effects on China's carbon emissions. FutureLearn. Taken from: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/covid-19-emissions-drop - Meaghan Wray. (2020). Ozone layer repairing, redirecting wind flows, new study says. Global News. Taken from: https://globalnews.ca/news/6734991/ozone-layer-repairing-wind-flows-study/ - João Roberto Ripper. (2020). First Person: COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief. UN News. Taken from: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061082 |
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Thanks for sharing
Posted 23-04-2020 00:35
Hello Claudina,
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about COVID-19 could be the silver lining for environment
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 21-04-2020 21:11
Hello friend,
Its me Dibya Bhatta from Nepal,Currently working as researcher here at GIST ,South Korea
It was nice reading your report!
hope you are safe from corona!
keep sharing the report!
cheers!
Posted 18-04-2020 21:37
Greetings
I do hope you are all good...
Thank you so much for sharing this report!!
I really agree to your words that we can observe positive changes in our environment as the pollution rate has decreased so far..But, the situation with human health is not going good.. The whole world is fighting against this pandemic and we can do hope that the glorious morning comes very soon ..
Stay home, stay safe
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 16-04-2020 00:26
Hello Claudia
Thanks for sharing positive aspects of COVID-19 on our planet.
Warm regards
Asmita
Posted 15-04-2020 14:53
Hello Claudina,
I hope you are doing good
thank you for detail report about COVID-19 could be the silver lining for environment
really informative
cheers
Posted 14-04-2020 21:39
Greetings
Thanks for your report.
Stay safe!!
Regards
Sarah
Posted 14-04-2020 15:40
“Hope.”
-Leia Organa
Posted 14-04-2020 05:47
Hi Claudia Marin, this is a mentor Sang Su Lee.
'The real virus to the earth is the human' was the comment that I read after reading the news article stating that the earth's environment got better because of Corona virus. It only took 2 months for the earth to be clean. Isn't it so surprising? Through this incident, I hope people would reflect on their behaviors and care more for the environmental health.
Thank you for your article.
Cheers!
Posted 12-04-2020 22:06
Thank you so much for sharing.
Posted 12-04-2020 20:10
Hello Claudia Marin, this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for the report! Your first lining is really true and coms really meaningfully in this situation! 'Every cloud has a silver lining' Even though we are suffering from the COVID-19, and many people died because of this deadly virus, we have to be always hopeful! Don't lose hope, Let's fight! Do what we can do and prevent infection!
Thank you for the report!
Be safe!
Posted 12-04-2020 15:48
Greeting Claudia!!
Thank you sharing !!!
I totally agreed with your report,COVID-19 has cause positive impact on our environment.
STAY SAFE!!
GREEN CHEERS!!
Regards,
Sonika!!
Posted 12-04-2020 11:15