Air quality changes in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Zangari, DT Hill, AT Charette, JE Mirowsky - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In December 2019, a new, severe coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan, China.
Shortly after, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States. The emergence of …

COVID-19 pandemic persuaded lockdown effects on environment over stone quarrying and crushing areas

I Mandal, S Pal - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Stone quarrying and crushing spits huge stone dust to the environment and causes threats
to ecosystem components as well as human health. Imposing emergency lockdown to stop …

Positive effects of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality of industrial cities (Ankleshwar and Vapi) of Western India

R Nigam, K Pandya, AJ Luis, R Sengupta, M Kotha - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract On January 30, 2020, India recorded its first COVID-19 positive case in Kerala,
which was followed by a nationwide lockdown extended in four different phases from 25th …

Some respite for India's dirtiest river? Examining the Yamuna's water quality at Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown period

PP Patel, S Mondal, KG Ghosh - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The Yamuna's stretch within Delhi is considered as the dirtiest river reach in India and
despite numerous restoration plans, pollution levels have risen unabated. However, the …

Short-term exposure to ambient air quality of the most polluted Indian cities due to lockdown amid SARS-CoV-2

S Mahato, KG Ghosh - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollution has happened to be one of the mounting alarms to be concerned with in many
Indian cities. COVID-19 epidemic endow with a unique opportunity to report the degree of air …

Eco-restoration of river water quality during COVID-19 lockdown in the industrial belt of eastern India

B Chakraborty, S Roy, A Bera, PP Adhikary… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The sudden lockdown recovers the health of the total environment particularly air and water
while the country's economic growth and socio-cultural tempo of people have been …

COVID-19 restrictions and their influences on ambient air, surface water and plastic waste in a coastal megacity, Chennai, India

RS Robin, R Purvaja, D Ganguly, G Hariharan… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities experienced a pause due to the nationwide lockdown, imposed to
contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the third week of March 2020. The impacts of …

Monitoring the impact of air quality on the COVID-19 fatalities in Delhi, India: using machine learning techniques

JK Sethi, M Mittal - Disaster Medicine and Public Health …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: The focus of this study is to monitor the effect of lockdown on the various air
pollutants due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and identify the ones that …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the green paradigm: introducing gross environment product (GEP)-The frontier in ecological growth

AP Joshi, S Joshi, H Purohit - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
The gross environment product (GEP) index is presented as a novel, integrative metric
designed exclusively to evaluate ecological development caused by human interventions …