The Coronavirus and Carbon Emissions
Aiden Sherman
3/2/2020
Pd. 6
A graph by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, shows a connection between the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China and a reduction in carbon emissions. This change is especially noticeable because of the timing of the virus's outbreak and the Chinese New Year. During this time of year, carbon emissions in China usually drop because many businesses are closed for the holiday, dropping their usage of fossil fuels. This is followed by a spike in emissions at the end of the celebrations as most jobs resume, but the spike has not happened as of the publishing of the study. Now, researchers believe that emissions have not increased due to the effect Coronavirus has had on the country. This is likely from businesses, schools, and other public buildings closing their doors for fear of spreading the virus.
I find articles such as this one to really be meaningless. I believe the connection between co2 emissions and the virus outbreak is pretty self-explanatory, and the news story doesn't go any deeper into the topic and essentially repeats the same point that one event was caused by the other. This is a pretty common occurrence in media, but it is particularly noticeable in this article, which seems to be combining fears about Corona and Climate Change to drive attention to the site.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-coronavirus.html
3/2/2020
Pd. 6
A graph by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, shows a connection between the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China and a reduction in carbon emissions. This change is especially noticeable because of the timing of the virus's outbreak and the Chinese New Year. During this time of year, carbon emissions in China usually drop because many businesses are closed for the holiday, dropping their usage of fossil fuels. This is followed by a spike in emissions at the end of the celebrations as most jobs resume, but the spike has not happened as of the publishing of the study. Now, researchers believe that emissions have not increased due to the effect Coronavirus has had on the country. This is likely from businesses, schools, and other public buildings closing their doors for fear of spreading the virus.
I find articles such as this one to really be meaningless. I believe the connection between co2 emissions and the virus outbreak is pretty self-explanatory, and the news story doesn't go any deeper into the topic and essentially repeats the same point that one event was caused by the other. This is a pretty common occurrence in media, but it is particularly noticeable in this article, which seems to be combining fears about Corona and Climate Change to drive attention to the site.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-coronavirus.html
Meaningless is a strong way to put a small useful article noting the change in emissions from China. The article is simply there to make it know to the public that emissions were reduced because of the virus. The information is quite interesting since the high reduction of emissions is at the loss of human life.
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