Letter to the Editor: Note on published research on the effects of COVID-19 on the environment without sufficient depth of science
Abstract
Dear Editor-in-Chief: We have given two articles published recently in Science of the Total Environment by Mandal and Pal (2020) and Zambrano-Monserrate et al. (2020) a thorough reading. Both articles present a significant association between the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) social distancing policies and improvement in environmental quality such as air pollution, land surface temperature, and noise. Both articles present good research, complemented by detailed explanations and displays, yet we have a few concerns that affect the interpretation and meaning of the results.
- Publication:
-
arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2005.10303
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2005.10303
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv200510303M
- Keywords:
-
- Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics;
- Physics - Physics and Society
- E-Print:
- This is a preprint submitted to Science of the Total Environment as Letter to the Editor