Talk:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment

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Aboagye, Emmanuel; Mensah, Felix; Effah, Kwaku; Afrane, Sandylove; Ampah, Jeffrey; Brenyah, Selina (2022-07-06). ""Temporal not Permanent:" The impact of Covid-19 cities lockdown on improving Air Quality — a critical review of Africa". Journal of Environmental Sustainability. 8 (1). ISSN 2159-2519.
Mbandi, Aderiana Mutheu (2020-05-04). "Air Pollution in Africa in the time of COVID-19: the air we breathe indoors and outdoors". Clean Air Journal. 30 (1). doi:10.17159/caj/2020/30/1.8227.

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Rawtani, Deepak; Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar, eds. (2023-09-25). The Environmental Impact of COVID‐19 (1st ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119777403. ISBN 978-1-119-77737-3.

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Yug (talk) 08:02, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/science/salamanders-amphibians-wildlife-migration.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage -- Source I have had open in a tab for a while but haven't gotten to add. Hopefully will soon, or someone else can do so. — Mainly 17:43, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Rawtani, Deepak; Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar, eds. (2023-09-25). The Environmental Impact of COVID‐19 (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119777403. ISBN 978-1-119-77737-3.

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