What are the effects of COVID-19 on the environment?
What are the effects of COVID-19 on the environment?
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COVID-19 对环境有哪些影响？
DOI：
10.12681/hapscpbs.24975
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Michail Melidis
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作者：
Michail Melidis
与新型冠状病毒危机的社会经济方面相反，环境问题受到的关注较少。对于这个问题，如果全球大流行有一线银，现有数据和研究表明，环境是一个意想不到的受益者，为COVID-19后时期带来了一线希望。由于疫情仍在蔓延，对环境影响进行深入评估存在困难，因此可以得出一些初步结论。本文件旨在概述及分析COVID-19对环境的间接影响，以便在国际层面上更好地了解及了解封锁期间的情况。可以看出，温室气体排放量减少、化石燃料消耗量下降、空气和水质改善以及野生动物重新出现等方面都产生了一些积极影响。另一方面，主要挑战在于医疗废物、废物管理和环境污染的显著增加。
Contrary to the socio-economic aspects of the coronavirus crisis, the environment has comparably attracted lesser attention. To the question, if there is a silver lining to the global pandemic, existing data and studies show that the environment is an unanticipated beneficiary that gives a glimmer of hope for the post-COVID-19 period. Acknowledging the difficulties in conducting in-depth evaluations over the environmental impacts as the pandemic still unfolds, some preliminary inferences can be drawn. The aim of this paper is to outline and analyse the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment for a better understanding and knowledge during the lockdown at the international level. Indicatively, some of the positive effects are met in the decrease of GHG emissions, the fall of fossil fuel consumption, the improved air and water quality, and the re-emergence of wildlife. On the other hand, key challenges lie in the significant increase in medical waste, waste management, and environmental pollution.