COVID-19 impact on air quality

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This cluster of papers explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global environment, focusing on air quality, carbon emissions, sustainability, and renewable energy. It investigates the effects of lockdown measures on reducing pollution, the potential long-term implications for climate change, and the opportunities for sustainable development in a post-pandemic world.

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How has COVID-19 impact on air quality's publication output changed over time?

ScholarIQpublication output · 2020–2025

Output declined80% over the shown period — from 5 works in 2020 to 1 in 2025.

2020202120222025

What are the most-cited papers on COVID-19 impact on air quality?

ScholarIQmost cited works

Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India

Shubham Sharma, Mengyuan Zhang, Anshika Anshika, Jingsi Gao, Hongliang Zhang, Sri Harsha Kota

The Science of The Total Environment. 20201,183 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: A systematic review

Chiara Copat, Antonio Cristaldi, Maria Fiore, Alfina Grasso, Pietro Zuccarello, Salvatore Santo Signorelli, Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante

Environmental Research. 2020513 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change

Joshua L. Laughner, Jessica L. Neu, David Schimel, P. O. Wennberg, Kelley C. Barsanti, K. W. Bowman, Abhishek Chatterjee, Bart E. Croes, Helen L. Fitzmaurice, Daven K. Henze, Jinsol Kim, E. A. Kort, Zhu Liu, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Alexander J. Turner, Susan C. Anenberg, J. Avise, Hansen Cao, David Crisp, J. A. de Gouw, A. Eldering, John C. Fyfe, Daniel L. Goldberg, K. R. Gurney, Sina Hasheminassab, F. M. Hopkins, Cesunica E. Ivey, Dylan B. A. Jones, Junjie Liu, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Randall V. Martin, Galen A. McKinley, Lesley Ott, Benjamin Poulter, Muye Ru, Stanley P. Sander, Neil C. Swart, Yuk L. Yung, Zhao‐Cheng Zeng

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021145 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the Brazilian electricity consumption patterns

Mónica Carvalho, Danielle Bandeira de Mello Delgado, Karollyne Marques de Lima, Marianna Camargo Cancela, Camila Alves dos Santos Siqueira, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza

S32776067. 2020113 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

The Climate Response to Emissions Reductions Due to COVID‐19: Initial Results From CovidMIP

Chris Jones, Jonathan E. Hickman, Steven T. Rumbold, Jeremy Walton, Robin Lamboll, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Stephanie Fiedler, Piers Forster, Joeri Rogelj, Manabu Abe, Michael Botzet, Katherine Calvin, Christophe Cassou, Jason N. S. Cole, Paolo Davini, Makoto Deushi, Martin Dix, John C. Fyfe, Nathan P. Gillett, Tatiana Ilyina, Michio Kawamiya, Maxwell Kelley, Slava Kharin, Tsuyoshi Koshiro, Hongmei Li, Chloe Mackallah, Wolfgang A. Müller, Pierre Nabat, Twan van Noije, P. Nolan, Rumi Ohgaito, Dirk Olivié, Naga Oshima, José F. Parodi, Thomas Reerink, Lili Ren, Anastasia Romanou, Roland Séférian, Yongming Tang, Claudia Timmreck, Jerry Tjiputra, Étienne Tourigny, Kostas Tsigaridis, Hailong Wang, Mingxuan Wu, Klaus Wyser, Shuting Yang, Yang Yang, Tilo Ziehn

S36624081. 202196 CitationsOPEN ACCESS