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LOCKDOWN nature bounces back

It’s been several months since countries around the world began closing their borders, grounding air travel and quarantining their residents. It’s been an unprecedented time filled with uncertainty and anxiety about the future, but could there be a positive environmental effect for a world with people self-isolating?

On average, global emissions of one of the most damaging gases to

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