Global impacts of COVID-19 on sustainable ocean development

作     者：Qutu Jiang Zhenci Xu Hongsheng Zhang 

作者机构：Department of GeographyThe University of Hong KongHong Kong 999077China HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and InnovationNanshan DistrictShenzhen 518057China Institute for Climate and Carbon NeutralityThe University of Hong KongHong Kong 999077Chinaမ 

出 版 物：《The Innovation》 (创新（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第3卷第4期

页      面：5-6页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 07[理学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Scierce Foundation ofChina(Grant Nos 42101249 and 42022061) the Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund(gant#263690561.114525.30900.400.01)of the University of Hong Kong 

主　　题：ocean abrupt negligible 

摘      要：The abrupt outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019,also known as COVID-19,has led to an unprecedented global public *** studies have paid immense attention to the impacts of COVID-19 posed to the atmosphere and the land-based sectors in areas such as air quality,carbon emission,economic senti ment,educational and social equality,*** is depicted that carbon emission had dropped about 8.8%in the first half of 2020 compared to 2019, significant reduc-tion of air pollutants such as PM25 and NO2 were moreover reported at national,regional,and global *** the flip side,the amount of attention paid to the ocean during this pandemic has been nearly negligible despite its prominent functions of supporting livelihoods for 40%of the global population,absorbing~30%of anthropogenic CO_(2)emissions,and processing over 90%of excess heat in our climate *** direct and indirect effects of the pandemicare insufficiently understood in the ocean,which include their key roles in blue carbon sequestration,ocean-atmosphere and ocean-land interactions,sealevel changes,and their impacts to human beings.