Episode 9: COVID-19 & Climate Change

Let's Talk Global Warming

English - March 30, 2020 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.63 MB
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COVID-19 has run rampant around the world. Economies are suffering, public health is weakening, and panic is arising. But, has anyone stopped to ask how COVID-19 is affecting the climate? Even better, has anyone stopped to wonder what part climate change played in making COVID-19 worse? I explain this and more in this episode of Let's Talk Global Warming.

SOURCES:

China and New York Emissions (BBC):

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51944780

American Lung Association:

https://www.lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/what-makes-air-unhealthy/nitrogen-dioxide

Nitrogen Dioxide (NASA):

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p%3D7966%26src%3Deorss-blogs

Dr. Aaron Bernstein (Center for Climate, Health, and The Global Environment)

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/coronavirus-climate-change-and-the-environment/

US Stimulus Deal:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/whats-in-stimulus-package-coronavirus-149282

New York Times: