{"id":116580,"date":"2020-12-03T01:22:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/heres-how-lockdowns-slashed-global-emissions-according-to-nasa"},"modified":"2020-12-03T01:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T09:22:18","slug":"heres-how-lockdowns-slashed-global-emissions-according-to-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/heres-how-lockdowns-slashed-global-emissions-according-to-nasa","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how lockdowns slashed global emissions, according to NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OWRxa5eQTUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lockdown \u2014 seen from space.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Almost as soon as the coronavirus pandemic began, experts started noticing that the global lockdown appeared to be resulting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/coronavirus-carbon-emissions-reduced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharp drop in worldwide carbon emissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The idea generated both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emmanuelfelton\/coronavirus-meme-nature-is-healing-we-are-the-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memes about humanity\u2019s destruction<\/a> of the planet and well-intentioned visions of a greener future. Now, NASA scientists have found that overall the lockdown has resulted in a 20 percent global reduction in nitrogen dioxide emissions since February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2020\/11\/201117122834.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a press release<\/a> \u2013 a shift that left them shocked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockdown \u2014 seen from space. Almost as soon as the coronavirus pandemic began, experts started noticing that the global lockdown appeared to be resulting in a sharp drop in worldwide carbon emissions. The idea generated both memes about humanity\u2019s destruction of the planet and well-intentioned visions of a greener future. Now, NASA scientists have found [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}