Environmental Impacts Of The COVID-19 Pandemic, As Observed From Space Press Release - Source: NASA
Maps of water turbidity compiled using data from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite before and during the lockdowns in New York show decreased turbidity near western Manhattan (indicated by a red star). Colors represent different levels of total material suspended in the water. Credits: NASA/Nima Pahlevan
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, as various health and safety restrictions keep more of us at home more often.
The resulting changes to our behavior are already impacting the environment around us in myriad ways, according to comparisons of remote sensing data before and during the pandemic collected by NASA, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and ESA (European Space Agency) Earth-observing satellites and others.