Eco side of life

21/04/2020

Air quality has improved from the stay-at-home order due to the reduction of green gas emissions, but "not all the environmental consequences of the crisis have been positive” says UNCTAD. It says attention must be given; "Volumes of unrecyclable waste have risen; severe cuts in agricultural and fishery export levels have led to the generation of large quantities of organic waste; maintenance and monitoring of natural ecosystems have been temporarily halted”

世界的なロックダウンは、大気中の汚染物質や温室効果ガスの削減をもたらしている。が、「全てがプラスに影響しているわけではない」とUNCTAD（国連貿易開発会議）は指摘する。「リサイクル不可能ゴミの増加、農業・漁業の輸出減少による生ゴミの大量廃棄、自然保護区などのモニター活動の停止によるエコシステムの崩壊」などへの対応策を講じる必要があると語っている。

https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2333

As the number of coronavirus infections grew exponentially in Europe and North America in March, restrictive public health measures to stave off a worsening pandemic were put in place.

17/04/2020

A neighbor found delfins swimming freely in the port of Premià de Mar when she was walking the dog this afternoon. The environmental effects of coronavirus is witnessed in all over the world along with the retriction of the human activities.

17日夕方、プレミアダマーの港において、近所に住む女性が犬を散歩中に停泊中の船の間を泳ぎ回るイルカを発見し撮影した。コロナウィルスに伴う人間活動の制限が自然環境に及ぼしている影響は、世界中で報告されている。

01/04/2020

Barcelona enjoys the silence with prolonged quarantine. According to elperiodico.com, the noise in the city has decreased by more than 50%, almost by 5 dB. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (IsGlobal) estimated that Barcelona has been always exposed by excess of noise, and it caused almost 600 premature deaths in 2016.

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/medio-ambiente/20200401/el-confinamiento-por-el-coronavirus-enmudece-a-barcelona-y-su-mar-7912828

Sensores gestionados por voluntarios miden reducciones del 50% en la potencia de ruido en las calles

27/03/2020

How about going to explore the glacier in kayak?

https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/kenai-fjords/bear-glacier-lagoon

Follow rangers on a journey to places most people never go in stunning 360° video.

25/03/2020

Now we have cleaner air in Spain - Coronavirus shutdowns have contributed the reduction of NO2, by 60-70% in Barcelona and 57% in Madrid in 10 days, according to the study of Universitat Politècnica de València.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200325/4889132648/contaminacion-baja-barcelona-madrid-por-coronavirus.html

La atmósfera de nuestras ciudades es diáfana, limpia. Lástima que no la podamos disfrutar al estar confinados. La contaminación por dióxido de nitrógeno (NO2), el principal contaminante relacionado...

11/03/2020

McDonald's has announced the withdrawal of plastic straws from all its restaurants in Spain. The company has presented its sustainability strategy called 'Happy Change'. It contemplates the replacement of other single-use plastic containers, such as plastic cutlery, balloon sticks, the containers for smoothies, frappés and beer glasses. The implementation of all these measures will mean a reduction of more than 1,350 tons of plastic in one year.

McDonald's ha anunciado la retirada de las pajitas de plástico de todos sus restaurantes de España, que tendrá lugar el próximo 24 de febrero....

09/03/2020

Beach cleaning in Montgat (Barcelona), Spain. The iniciative is led by Montgat Net, a NPO based in this local village under the umbrella of Ocean Iniciatives by Surfrider Foundation Europe. Montgat Net organizes beach cleaning every first Saturday of the month.

02/03/2020

"the reductions in coal and crude oil use indicate a reduction in CO2 emissions of 25% or more, compared with the same two-week period following the Chinese new year holiday in 2019. This amounts to approximately 100MtCO2 – or 6% of global emissions." (Carbonbrief.org) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51691967 #

Nasa says major decreases in nitrogen dioxide levels are "at least partly" linked to the outbreak.