The Pandemic’s gift to Earth

By Satyansh Pathak | 13 July, 2021

The worldwide destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has helped the earth to cure and refine itself. The worldwide LOCKDOWN has resulted in the fall of  pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
While the people are not able to breathe properly as they could before the lockdown, nature is able to breathe more easily.
The closure of factories which  deteriorated the quality of air and water seems to be a true blessing to nature. Since dirty brown pollution belts and toxic effluents doesn’t exist anymore.
Dozens of other countries are now experiencing temporary falls in Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide emissions.
China was the first nation to experience lockdown due to massive spread of COVID-19. The Satellite images clearly depicts  the emissions of poisonous gases fading away  over China.
Significant falls in emissions and toxic gases can be observed in India, USA and France. Satellite images show Nitrogen dioxide emissions fading away over northern Italy. Scientists in Europe have noted that overall 2020 may still see a drop in global emissions of 0.3%.
With less human activities, the planet is able to beautify itself more and more. People can hear bird’s chirping, the quality of air has greatly ameliorated, the water bodies are now cleaner than ever and seismologists report “lower vibrations” from “cultural noise” than before the pandemic.
Indian Head Scientist Mr. Unnikrishnan said, “It is a reflection of what the earth might look like without fossil fuels”.
CLIMATE CHANGE is a major problem existing in the world. It can lead to gigantic demolition if the people all over the world didn’t handle it seriously.
Greta Thunberg has urged for “digital activism” to take the place of physical protests due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Since the earth is healing, there are several pages on social media encouraging the youth to take care of mother earth.
We shouldn’t go back to normal because normal was the problem. It is a bitter truth that we spend billions of dollars to find life on other planets…. And trillions of dollars killing the life on this one (EARTH).