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Many major cities around the world are on lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis, and we are now finding out what it means to socially distance ourselves or self-quarantine. All at the same time, every one of us still faces choices every day that carry a climate cost. We all are at home and some of us thinking do we use energy wisely? Do we eat more meat-free meals and buy organic? We are still walking the climate walk even though the world we know of is no longer the same.

Air pollution has intensified the pandemic, but the pandemic has—temporarily—cleaned the skies. As cities, some of the entire nations are under lockdown, Earth-observing satellites have detected a significant decrease in the concentration of a common air pollutant.

The coronavirus pandemic has shut down countries across the world. It is having a huge impact on people and the economy – but what about the wildlife and the environment?

Radiative fluxes at the Earth surface are major determinants of ambient climate and provide the energy for a variety of vital climate processes. Variations in these fluxes therefore may play a crucial role in various environmental issues such as global warming, glacier retreat, water availability and carbon budgeting. On a more applied level, changes in the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth surface may substantially affect factors involved in climate change.

The effects of global warming are diverse and have been clearly identified by a great deal of scientific research conducted over the years. These adverse environmental effects have to be dealt with before it is too late. Unfortunately, both Democrats and Republicans have different views about these issues. Moreover, what is more significant is the depth of their differences on climate change and how much those differences have grown over period of time.