Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19
Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph17145167
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
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通讯作者：
Kajino, Mizuo
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作者：
Ching, Joseph;Kajino, Mizuo
目前，世界正笼罩在新冠肺炎大流行的阴影之下。截至2020年7月10日，确诊病例和死亡人数分别达到1200多万人和55万多人。在令人不安的新冠肺炎大流行中，整个地球处于前所未有的封锁状态。人与人之间的社会距离、国际和国内空中交通中断、工业生产和经济活动暂停，对空气质量和气候系统产生了各种深远和不确定的影响。据报道，在封锁期间，许多城市的空气质量有所改善，而在污染更严重的城市，新冠肺炎的死亡率被发现更高。SARS-CoV-2病毒的传播与空气质量之间的关系正在调查中。此外，与新冠肺炎的战斗可能会给气候变暖带来短期和长期的正反两方面的影响。对气候系统的影响以及气候在调节新冠肺炎大流行中的作用是科学调查的重点。环境、气候变化和公共卫生之间的相互交织关系在新冠肺炎的大流行中得到了体现。在人类世，尤其是在加强备灾方面，必须进一步调查这一关系。这篇简短的文章旨在从空气质量和气候角度对大流行有一个最新的了解，并呼吁进行后续讨论。
The world is currently shadowed by the pandemic of COVID-19. Confirmed cases and the death toll has reached more than 12 million and more than 550,000 respectively as of 10 July 2020. In the unsettling pandemic of COVID-19, the whole Earth has been on an unprecedented lockdown. Social distancing among people, interrupted international and domestic air traffic and suspended industrial productions and economic activities have various far-reaching and undetermined implications on air quality and the climate system. Improvement in air quality has been reported in many cities during lockdown, while the death rate of COVID-19 has been found to be higher in more polluted cities. The relationship between the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and air quality is under investigation. In addition, the battle against COVID-19 could bring short-lived and long-lasting and positive and negative impacts to the warming climate. The impacts on the climate system and the role of the climate in modulating the COVID-19 pandemic are the foci of scientific inquiry. The intertwined relationship among environment, climate change and public health is exemplified in the pandemic of COVID-19. Further investigation of the relationship is imperative in the Anthropocene, in particular, in enhancing disaster preparedness. This short article intends to give an up-to-date glimpse of the pandemic from air quality and climate perspectives and calls for a follow-up discussion.