{"id":4614,"date":"2021-06-01T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:16","slug":"then-and-now-pandemic-clears-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2021\/06\/01\/then-and-now-pandemic-clears-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Then and now: Pandemic clears the air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-57149747<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article touches on a topic that is widely known, but not always talked about. Air pollution kills 7 million annually, while also harming the Earth. During the Covid-19 lockdown, roads were estimated to have roughly 50% less traffic- which reduced the air pollution drastically. At the India gate in Delhi, they have seen a massive difference. Before the Covid-19 lockdown, it was hard to see. The air was in pretty bad condition, and it looked like it was foggy all day long- morning to night, Monday through Sunday. SInce Lockdown, and now after, you can see the blue skies and it does not appear to be looking like its raining all the time. People are breathing in fresher air and are experiencing less health problems that come from air pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important to talk about the issue of air pollution, and how dangerous that can be for people and countries- and young and elderly kids. Fresh, clean air should be a given- yet so many people in the world do not have access to it. 9 out of every 10 people (90%) are breathing in air that is over the World Health Organization’s number for clean air. So the majority of people are breathing in air that is extremely polluted and unsafe for them to breathe. This causes long and short term health effects in all people. Additionally, it is harmful for the Earth and the environment and makes for a warmer planet, with contaminated air. In a place like India, with such a high population, it can be hard to monitor air pollution because there are so many people who are traveling and stores\/ companies producing that air pollution- but it is something that needs to be monitored and controlled by the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think since we saw a drastic decline of air pollution and started seeing the air “clean itself” during the Covid-19 lockdown, this could be a somewhat good way to follow to rehabilitate the Earth, air, and surrounding environments. The United Nations or The World Health Organization could issues one day every month of no cars on the road, meaning that things would be closed and people would not have work so that for one day every month the Earth and air get a break to clean itself to stay as clean as possible. This would only add up to 12 days a year, but if successful, it could become more common throughout the year and could eventually push or encourage more people to use less energy, carpool, or even ride bikes to destination when they are able too. Taking care of the Earth and the air is crucial to human development and survival- and having clean air is something everyone should have access too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-57149747 This article touches on a topic that is widely known, but not always talked about. Air pollution kills 7 million annually, while also harming the Earth. During the Covid-19 lockdown, roads were estimated to have roughly 50% less traffic- which reduced the air pollution drastically. At the India gate in Delhi, they have seen a massive difference. Before the… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4615,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}