Study shows COVID-19 quarantine lowered pollution, raised global temp

This week the folks at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) published a study on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global lockdown. “Pollution cools the planet, so it makes sense that pollution reductions would warm the planet, said NCAR scientist Andrew Gettelman. “There was a big decline in emissions from the most polluting industries, and that …