Enviormental Issue

The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

In the past few years we have come to understand just how devastating air pollution is to the health of the Indian population. Its impacts may not make for dramatic headlines but it is a slow and silent killer.

The authors estimate that the reduced anthropogenic pollutant emissions during the Indian lockdown was responsible for 71.6 per cent of the reduction in radiative forcing on snow in April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

In the past few years we have come to understand just how devastating air pollution is to the health of the Indian population. Its impacts may not make for dramatic headlines but it is a slow and silent killer.