COVID-19 Pandemic's Environmental and Climatic Effects in India

The COVID-19 epidemic has had a major impact on human lives as well as the global financial system. The global spread of a novel coronavirus turned into a pandemic, and its impact on humanity is currently the talk of the town. This virus has afflicted every country on the planet, and the nationwide lockdown has had a short-term worldwide environmental impact. The exponential rise in COVID-19 transmission and mortality rates has brought the entire planet to a stop as a result of its devastating implications. The country's social and economic development were severely harmed as a result of the nationwide lockdown. However, it has some good environmental effects, particularly in terms of air quality, since particulate matter (PM), NO2, and CO concentrations in major cities throughout the world are reduced. In India, PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, CO, O3, and NH3 concentrations were reduced by 51.84 percent, 53.11 percent, 52.68 percent, 17.97 percent, 30.35 percent, 0.78 percent, and 12.33 percent, respectively. This research examines the national lockdown's environmental and climatic effects, as well as India's air pollution levels before and after the lockdown.