Pandemic brings ‘short-lived’ air quality gains

Lockdowns and travel restrictions resulted in a “dramatic short-lived fall in emissions of key air pollutants” last year, the U.N. weather agency reported.

By Arete News - September 3, 2021

A haze in early January hangs over Tetovo, North Macedonia, one of the European nations most affected by air pollution (AN/Andre Igor Menezes)

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