Open AccessCOVID-19 Lockdown Reduces Forest Fires in the Western Himalayas
Author(s) -
Lakshmi Supriya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo146799
Subject(s) - covid-19 , lightning (connector) , pandemic , geography , meteorology , environmental science , virology , medicine , power (physics) , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The overlap between peak fire season and pandemic response has made for a serendipitous experiment in forest fires in two Indian states. Humans, not lightning, seem to be the likeliest culprit.