NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown – Saudi Gazette

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown – Saudi Gazette

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown. WASHINGTON - NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is "partly related" to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the space agency said.. This year's fall came during the Lunar New Year, when factories and businesses close, but researchers believe the decline is far greater than could be attributed to the holiday period.NO2 concentrations over eastern and central China were 10-30 percent lower than what is normally observed over the time period.. A separate study in February found China's carbon emissions had dropped by least 100 million metric tonnes in the previous fortnight - nearly six percent of global emissions during the same period last year..