emissions – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:31:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg emissions – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Emissions Drop Due to Coronavirus Outbreak https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/03/emissions-drop-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:30:24 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1788534 More]]> Map of mean tropospheric NO2 density over China, January-February 2020
NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens

As you may have seen elsewhere, the coronavirus pandemic is having an impact on air pollution, as countries shut down human and economic activity in an attempt to deal with the outbreak. Take nitrogen dioxide. Tropospheric NO2 density decreased significantly over China between January and February, and the same seems to be happening in northern Italy, which normally has some of the most severe air pollution in Europe. See the ESA’s animation:

More broadly, try this online map, which compares NO2 emissions before and after 20 February 2020 anywhere on the planet. [Maps Mania]

Previously: Mapping Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution.

]]> 1788534 Mapping Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/01/mapping-nitrogen-dioxide-pollution/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:46:10 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=588 More]]> A decade’s worth of data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard the Aura satellite reveals the change in global nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution from 2005 to 2014: down significantly in some areas, due to stricter emissions controls, but up sharply in others. More at NASA Earth Observatory.

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