S3E02 Down To Earth: Clearing the Air: Pollution before and during a Pandemic
Down To Earth: A podcast for Geoscientists by Geoscientist
English - September 11, 2022 08:30 - 31 minutes - 45.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEarth Sciences Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A major contributor to climate change that often increases with urbanization is air pollution. According to the World Health Organization, air pollution kills around seven million people every year. For us humans, it presents one of the most pressing public health problems in the world, and yet is one of the most neglected. Thankfully, the COVID-19 lockdowns helped spotlight this growing challenge by giving scientists like Dr. Shivangi S. Somvanshi an unprecedented opportunity to study the impact of human activity on air pollution. Her research sheds light on factors that can help reduce air pollution as the world begins to emerge from this pandemic.