A review of the environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates

Alalawi, Shaikha; Issa, Sahar T.; Takshe, Aseel A.; Elbarazi, Iffat

doi:10.1016/j.envc.2022.100561

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“…The decline and changes of NO 2 , PM 2.5 and PM 10 have been observed in many countries from the first to the mid of Q2 of 2020 (15-May-2020) (Venter et al 2020 ; Xing et al 2021 ; Bonardi et al 2021 ) and most countries and regions have a lot of lock-down days in this period (Venter et al 2020 ): Pakistan (Mehmood et al 2021a ; Mehmood et al 2021b ; Khan 2021 ; Aslam et al 2021 ), Afghanistan and India (Mishra and Kulshrestha 2021 ; Gautam et al 2021 ), Turkmenistan (Zhang 2021 ), Azerbaijan (Bonardi et al 2021 ), Armenia (Bonardi et al 2021 ), Turkey (Ghasempour et al 2021 ; Dursun et al 2022 ), Iraq (Hashim et al 2021 ; Hashim et al 2021 ), Kazakhstan (Kerimray et al 2020 ), Bahrain (Benchrif et al 2021 ; Qaid et al 2022 ), Kuwait (Halos et al 2021 ), Oman (Bonardi et al 2021 ), Qatar (Mahmoud et al 2022 ), Saudi Arabia (Ghanim 2021 ; Habeebullah et al 2022 ; Anil and Alagha 2021 ; Morsy et al 2021 ), UAE (Alqasemi et al 2021 ; Teixidó et al 2021 ; Alalawi et al 2022 ; Shanableh et al 2022 ), Asia (Baniasad et al 2021 ) and Iran (Moazeni 2021 ; Broomandi et al 2020 ; Keshtkar 2022 ; Norouzi and Asadi 2022 ).…”

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The lock-down effects of COVID-19 on the air pollution indices in Iran and its neighbors

Fayaz

2022

Model. Earth Syst. Environ.

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Introduction The COVID-19 restrictions have a lot of various peripheral negative and positive effects, like economic shocks and decreasing air pollution, respectively. Many studies showed NO2 reduction in most parts of the world. Methods Iran and its land and maritime neighbors have about 7.4% of the world population and 6.3% and 5.8% of World COVID-19 cases and deaths, respectively. The air pollution indices of them such as CH 4 (Methane), CO_1 (CO), H 2 O (Water), HCHO (Tropospheric Atmospheric Formaldehyde), NO 2 (Nitrogen oxides), O 3 (ozone), SO 2 (Sulfur Dioxide), UVAI_AAI [UV Aerosol Index (UVAI)/Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI)] are studied from the First quarter of 2019 to the fourth quarter of 2021 with Copernicus Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5P) satellite data set from Google Earth Engine. The outliers are detected based on the depth functions. We use a two-sample t test, Wilcoxon test, and interval-wise testing for functional data to control the familywise error rate. Result The adjusted p value comparison between Q2 of 2019 and Q2 of 2020 in NO 2 for almost all countries is statistically significant except Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait. But, the CO and HCHO are not statistically significant in any country. Although CH 4 , O 3 , and UVAI_AAI are statistically significant for some countries. In the Q2 comparison for NO 2 between 2020 and 2021, only Iran, Armenia, Turkey, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are statistically significant. However, Ch 4 is statistically significant for all countries except Azerbaijan. Conclusions The comparison with and without adjusted p values declares the decreases in some air pollution in these countries. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40808-022-01528-x.

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The lock-down effects of COVID-19 on the air pollution indices in Iran and its neighbors

Fayaz

2022

Model. Earth Syst. Environ.

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“…Setti et al (2020) found that the initial spread of COVID-19 was significantly associated with daily PM10 exceedances in Italy. However, despite the positive environmental changes observed, many studies have reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacts on the environment (Alalawi et al, 2022;Abedin et al, 2022;Miyah et al, 2022;Atoufi et al, 2021;Shakil et al, 2020). Public health policies adopted by governments during the pandemic are expected to influence future legal and policy frameworks to protect marine and terrestrial ecosystems from the adverse effects of humaninduced pollution.…”

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“…After the quarantine periods, the cessation of transportation and industrial activities in many cities of the world led to a significant decrease in emissions and improvement of atmospheric air quality (Miyah et al, 2022;Takshe et al, 2022;Alalawi et al, 2022). The emergence and rapid spread of which shows that satellite images show cleaner air in developed and developing countries, have been found to improve atmospheric air quality (Siddique et al, 2021;Dursun et al, 2021).…”

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“…Quarantine periods have also contributed to the reduction of global CO2 emissions, which are projected to fall by 8% compared to levels reported 10 years ago (Samara et al, 2022). Also, the sharp decline in overall electricity consumption in many parts of the world is thought to contribute to improving air quality (Alalawi et al, 2022). For example, countries that implemented a total lockdown at the start of the pandemic reported a 25% reduction in weekly energy demand compared to an 18% decrease in countries that implemented partial lockdowns (Samara et al, 2022).…”

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Türkiye'de COVID-19 Sırasında Hava Kirliliğindeki Değişiklikler

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Dursun³

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have observed different measures that we are not used to, such as the use of masks, isolation at home, semi-curfew, and isolation. Curfews, measures, and restrictions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 all over the world have led to extremely significant reductions in air quality. Türkiye followed different policies such as tightening the measures when the number of cases increased during the pandemic process, relaxing the measures when the number of cases decreased, and starting the normalization periods. In this study, it is aimed to determine, analyse, and evaluate pollutant concentrations (PM₁₀, SO₂, NO₂) in different periods representing the duration of implementation of curfew and other measures in Türkiye. An average of 2.08% increase in PM₁₀ concentrations in the curfew periods and 4.12% in the normalization periods is observed compared to the previous year. In SO₂, an average increase of 7.56% is observed in the curfew periods and an increase of 32.01% in the normalization periods. In NO₂, an average of 5.19% decrease was observed in the curfew periods and a decrease of 1.92% in the normalization periods.

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“…On the other hand, one of its positive impacts on the environment is the air pollution reduction in most parts of the World. [6] The decline and changes of NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 have been observed in many countries from the first to the mid of Q2 of 2020 (15-May-2020) [6][7][8] most countries have a lot of lock-down days in this period [6]: Pakistan [9][10][11][12], Afghanistan and India [13,14], Turkmenistan [15] ,Azerbaijan [8] ,Armenia [8], Turkey [16,17], Iraq [18,19], Kazakhstan [20], Bahrain [21,22], Kuwait [23], Oman [8], Qatar [24], Saudi Arabia [25][26][27][28], UAE [29][30][31][32], Asia [33] and Iran [34][35][36][37].…”

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The Lock-Down Effects of COVID-19 on the Air Pollution Indices in Iran and Its Neighbors

Fayaz¹

2022

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IntroductionThe Covid-19 restrictions have a lot of various peripheral negative and positive effects like economic shocks and decreasing air pollution, respectively. Many studies showed NO2 reduction in most parts of the world. MethodIran and its land and maritime neighbors have about 7.4% of the world population and 6.3% and 5.8% of World COVID-19 cases and deaths, respectively. The air pollution indices of them such as CH4 (Methane), CO_1 (CO), H2O (Water), HCHO (Tropospheric Atmospheric Formaldehyde), NO2 (Nitrogen oxides), O3 (ozone), SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide), UVAI_AAI (UV Aerosol Index (UVAI) / Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI)) are studied from the First quarter of 2019 to the fourth quarter of 2021 with Copernicus Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5P) satellite dataset from Google Earth Engine. The outliers are detected based on the depth functions. We use a two-sample t-test, Wilcoxon test, and interval-wise testing for functional data to control the family-wise error rate.ResultThe adjusted p-value comparison between Q2 of 2019 and Q2 of 2020 in NO2 for almost all countries is statistically significant except Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait. But the CO and HCHO are not statistically significant in any country. Although CH4, O3, and UVAI_AAI are statistically significant for some countries. In the Q2 comparison for NO2 between 2020 and 2021, only Iran, Armenia, Turkey, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are statistically significant. But Ch4 is statistically significant for all countries except Azerbaijan.ConclusionThe comparison with and without adjusted p-values declares the decreases in some air pollution in these countries.

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A review of the environmental implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates

Cited by 14 publications

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The lock-down effects of COVID-19 on the air pollution indices in Iran and its neighbors

The lock-down effects of COVID-19 on the air pollution indices in Iran and its neighbors

Türkiye'de COVID-19 Sırasında Hava Kirliliğindeki Değişiklikler

The Lock-Down Effects of COVID-19 on the Air Pollution Indices in Iran and Its Neighbors

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