Dramatically reduce harmful emissions.
the Data of the satellite Sentinel-5P showed a sharp decrease in emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over Europe.
In the common European space Agency pictures show the difference between the atmospheric pollution over Italy and France in March 2019 and 2020. Intense red color indicates areas with a high concentration of toxic gas.
Similar to the reduction seen over Germany, Spain and other countries.
nitrogen Dioxide of anthropogenic origin enter the atmosphere primarily from the combustion of fuel in internal combustion engines. For strict quarantine road in Europe are empty, which led to the reduction of harmful emissions.
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Previously, scientists said that the pandemic COVID-19 could lead to the biggest reduction in emissions of carbon after the Second world war — up to 5%.
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