Breathing better in 🇮🇹 — ironically caused by a respiratory […]

Breathing better in 🇮🇹 — ironically caused by a respiratory illness 🦠

Northern Italy’s air quality notably improved from the Coronavirus lockdown, as people stayed home. Here are the NOX emissions seen from space, from the ESA Sentinel satellite, showing the first 10 weeks of 2020.

As containment/lockdown rolls out across Europe, here is an analysis of why we should be prepared for a similar policy change in the U.S. next week as well: https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727

ESA analysis: http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2020/03/Coronavirus_nitrogen_dioxide_emissions_drop_over_Italy