Quiet Planet

The COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting social distancing recommendations and related restrictions have led to numerous short-term changes in economic and social activity around the world, all of which may have impacts on our environment. Your challenge is to use space-based data to document the local to global environmental changes caused by COVID-19 and the associated societal responses.

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Summary

Two weeks after the nationwide lockdown was announced on March 23 in the UK,NO₂ pollution in some cities fell by as much as 60%compared to the same period in 2019. NASA revealed that NO₂ pollution over New York and other major metropolitan areas in north-eastern USA was 30% lower in March 2020, compared to the monthly average from 2015 to 2019.Most NO₂ comes from road transport and power plants, and it can exacerbate respiratory illnesses such as asthm.We will explain al of these on our project.

How We Addressed This Challenge

First I would like to explain to you our idea and project that we will work on and I would like to start by saying that our basic idea focuses on the effects of the good Coronavirus in terms of the environment, the effects of the Coronavirus on improving the environment and the blockage of the ozone hole and the effect of closing good factories to curb environmental problems and make the world a better place.

"I don't think we can say that there is any long term significance in this decrease. However, in the short term, I think these decreases are useful. The level of air pollution is affecting cardio-pulmonary health in general, so having less pollution at a time where this virus is around can only be a good thing," he said.

Climate lessons from coronavirus

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an immediate impact on our home and work environments, but when it comes to THE environment, the picture is far less clear. Vincent-Henri Peuch believes the current situation may have a big influence on our approach to pollution, moving forward:

"The lessons learned once we will have this crisis behind us will be very important to (rethink) the problem of air pollution," he says. "Unfortunately climate change will still be around and will not be changed by this crisis."

such water must be disposed of in drains connected to a septic system, a sewer or in a soak-away pit. If greywater is disposed of in a soakaway pit, the pit should be fenced off within the health facility grounds to prevent tampering and to avoid possible exposure in the case of overflow.

efforts should be made to use and source water of the highest quality possible (e.g. an improved water source)k. Reported quantities of water used for handwashing that has enabled reduction of fecal contamination ranges from 0.5-2 liters per person. 47 Furthermore, the quantity of water used has been associated with less viral contamination of hands. 49 Where water is limited, hands can be wetted with water, the water then turned off while lathering with soap and scrubbing for at least 20 seconds, and then the water can be turned on again to rinse. Water should always be allowed to flow to a drainage area or receptacle, and hands should not be rinsed in a communal basin, as this may increase contamination.

Making air quality improvements permanent

China emits over 50% of all the nitrogen dioxide in ِAsia. Each tonne of NO₂ that isn’t emitted as a result of the pandemic is the equivalent of removing 62 cars per year from the road. So you could estimate that over China, even a moderate 10% reduction in NO₂ emissions is equivalent to taking 48,000 cars off the road. But the 40% drop in NO₂ on 2019 levels for January and February in some areas equates to removing a whopping 192,000 cars.

That’s an indication of what could be achieved permanently for air quality if car use was phased down and replaced with electrically powered mass transit. Electrifying transport in this way, with expanded train lines and more electric cars and charging stations, would slash tailpipe emission of air pollutants such as NO₂.

But electric vehicles are only as clean as the electricity that powers them. The recent improvements in air quality could be made permanent by replacing fossil fuel generation with renewable energy and other low-carbon sources. Reducing monthly NO₂missions from electricity generation by 10% would be the equivalent of turning off 500 coal power stations for a year.

Ironically, by shutting down swaths of the global economy, COVID-19 has helped expose another respiratory health crisis. The ensuing lockdowns have shown the improvements to air quality that are possible when emissions are reduced on a global scale.

The pandemic could show us how the future might look with less air pollution, or it may just indicate the scale of the challenge ahead. At the very least, it should challenge governments and businesses to consider how things can be done differently after the pandemic, to hold on to temporary improvements in air quality.

use space-based data to document the local to global environmental changes caused by COVID-19 and the associated societal responses.

Here in Europe in March, average temperatures were almost two degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 average.

The figures were much more extreme in parts of Ukraine and Russia. In Ukraine, some regions experienced temperatures up to 6 degrees higher than average over the month, while in parts of Russia temperatures were up to 8 degrees higher than average.

Those same areas were also drier than might have been expected; soil moisture and relative humidity are down for the time of year.

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A temporary use may also help facilitate social distancing. Street closures in North America have been used to deter car use and increase space for pedestrians.


There are also more imaginative examples. In Bristol, residents have created an informal runners’ lane to ensure safe passage between pedestrians and joggers in accordance with UK social distancing rules.

In Bogotá, curbs on car use have liberated space for the temporary expansion of the city’s network of cycle paths, helping, in turn, to reduce overcrowding on public transport. Likewise, Germany has introduced extensions to the pavement and bike lanes.

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How We Developed This Project

What inspired my team for this solution is our love for the environment and its attempt to mention some benefits of the Coronavirus and I believe that my approach to developing this project is sustainable development and use of space agency data through the use of available ones in news and other sites and the devices that I used are devices to measure the atmospheric dialogue and measure the rate of pollution in the atmosphere But I could not use it, so I used the space agency data to help me instead of it. Finally, the problems my team faced were only some opinion differences and the accomplishments we achieved are ending this project in a long time.

The presence of machines that measure the temperature of a person or any other symptoms that show that he has the virus and the presence of these machines in all public areas.

Project Demo

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First I would like to explain to you our idea and project that we will work on and I would like to start by saying that our basic idea focuses on the effects of the good Coronavirus in terms of the environment, the effects of the Coronavirus on improving the environment and the blockage of the ozone hole and the effect of closing good factories to curb environmental problems and make the world a better place.

Expanding lanes for pedestrian and have Hnaala a number specific people in this Almkank sensor calculates all Mogiden in public places such as shops and markets so people know places Almahmh even Aivhabon them and also be there officers Aadechlon only a specific number entering him on according to the sensor who loves an area where people Who are in it.

The presence of machines that measure the temperature of a person or any other symptoms that show that he has the virus and the presence of these machines in all public areas.

Data & Resources

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/articles/covid-19-space-apps-challenge

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340819529_The_Impact_of_COVID-19_on_Public_Space_A_Review_of_the_Emerging_Questions

https://www.who.int/publications-detail/water-sanitation-hygiene-and-waste-management-for-the-covid-19-virus-interim-guidance

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1275547/retrieve

https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/02/environmental-impact-covid-19-lockdowns-seen-space

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-lockdowns-effect-on-air-pollution-provides-rare-glimpse-of-low-carbon-future-134685

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/30/covid-19-crisis-demand-fossil-fuels-iea-renewable-electricity


Global Judging
This project was submitted for consideration during the Space Apps Global Judging process.