The pandemic influenced our way to live and our way to make science. It also gave to the scientific community the biggest experimental pool ever recorded to study the impact on the natural environment of reduced human activities. Studies reported wildfires diminishing, fisheries pausing, transport and commerce shrinking; people witnessed more wildlife sighting close to inhabited areas. Within a case study that is part of the EU H2020 project RELIANCE (www.reliance-project.eu), we built an inventory of all existing monitoring efforts of the marine environment that have been put in place in the seas and oceans, to assess the impact (or de-impact) of the Covid-19 - related lockdowns.
Marine Monitoring during the Anthropause
It also gave to the scientific community the biggest experimental pool ever recorded to study the impact on the natural environment of reduced human activities.
Studies reported wildfires diminishing, fisheries pausing, transport and commerce shrinking; people witnessed more wildlife sighting close to inhabited areas.
Within a case study that is part of the EU H2020 project RELIANCE (www.reliance-project.eu) we built an inventory of all existing monitoring efforts of the marine environment that have been put in place in the seas and oceans, to assess the impact (or de-impact) of the Covid-19 - related lockdowns.
Aracri, Simona, and KATRIN SCHROEDER. "Marine Monitoring during the Anthropause." ROHub. Nov 17 ,2021. https://w3id.org/ro-id/49f52ad4-bf2c-4f50-9242-a26962d5a7a2.
Questionnaire: Marine Monitoring during the Anthropause
Graph showing under which category marine data collected during the pandemic fall under
guardian_2020_covid19 fishery impact.pdf