NSTnation NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown
The reduction in nitrogen dioxide pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to NASA scientists who examined data collected by their and European Space Agency satellites.
Chinese authorities have taken drastic steps to contain the virus, curbing the movement of people, temporarily closing factories across the country and quarantining central Hubei province, a key industrial region where the epidemic first appeared. The 2008 global financial crisis saw a decrease in NO2 over several countries but it was a gradual fall, she said.
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