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- Scientists have previously found the coronavirus wiped out at least a quarter of China’s emissions of damaging greenhouse gases in just two weeks in mid-February.
Closing industrial plants and asking people to stop at home has led to sharp drops in the burning of fossil fuels — a key cause of the climate crisis — in the world’s largest greenhouse gas producer.
Color me 4 parts 'oh, that makes sense' and 1 part 'hot damn, don't need to plant trees anymore'.
The maps paired with imagery are nice comparisons.