This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the European Space Agency shows.One expert said the sudden shift represented the “largest-scale experiment ever,” in terms of the reduction of…
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Global Athlete group calls for Tokyo 2020 postponement
Callum Skinner won gold in the men’s cycling team sprint at the Rio 2016 OlympicsAn athlete-led movement fronted by British Olympic champion Callum Skinner has called for this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics to be postponed. Global Athlete say the Games should be put back “until the Covid-19 global pandemic is under control”.The Olympics are scheduled…