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ClearSARS-COV-2 and environmental health: a brief contextualization
This brief review contextualizes the role of environmental factors in COVID-19 transmission, concluding that environmental changes can alter how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads and that understanding these mechanisms is important for controlling the pandemic.
Environmental pollutants and their impact on COVID‐19 spread: Current problem and future resolutions
This review examines how environmental pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and air pollutants may exacerbate COVID-19 spread and severity, highlighting the intersection of pollution-related immune suppression and increased vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-19
Researchers reviewed how atmospheric particulate properties — including particle size, chemical composition, electrostatic charge, and moisture content — influence the airborne survival and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, proposing that particulate matter may act as a vehicle amplifying COVID-19 spread and helping explain observed correlations between air pollution and pandemic mortality.
SARS-CoV-2 variants and environmental effects of lockdowns, masks and vaccination: a review
Researchers reviewed how COVID-19 control measures — lockdowns, face masks, and vaccination — affected environmental pollution, finding that while lockdowns improved air quality, the surge in disposable mask waste and cold-chain vaccine logistics introduced new environmental burdens.
Impact of climate change on SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in China
Researchers analyzed the influence of six weather variables on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in China, finding that long-term meteorological conditions significantly affect transmission dynamics beyond the short-term effects of physical isolation measures.
Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on environment, society, and food security
Researchers reviewed the environmental and societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that while lockdowns temporarily reduced air and water pollution, the pandemic increased release of microcontaminants and biomedical plastic waste while severely disrupting global food security, particularly for vulnerable populations in low-income countries.
Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown: National and Global Scenario
Researchers examined the environmental impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures at national and global scales, analyzing how the curtailment of industrial, transportation, and economic activity affected air and water quality, waste generation, and ecological conditions across 213 affected countries.
Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Ascendancy over Ambient Particulate Matter Pollution Anomaly
This review examined the relationship between COVID-19 lockdowns and ambient particulate matter pollution, finding that reduced industrial activity and vehicle traffic during lockdowns led to measurable improvements in air quality in many urban areas. The authors also discussed the potential role of fine particulate matter as a carrier for airborne viral transmission.
COVID-19 and Environment: a Review
This review examines both the negative and positive environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that while lockdown measures improved air quality and reduced water and noise pollution in many regions, the pandemic also dramatically increased plastic waste from single-use items and personal protective equipment. The authors assess how pandemic-era disruptions to human activity reshaped pollution patterns across multiple environmental domains.
COVID-19, travel restrictions and environmental consequences
Researchers reviewed the environmental and public health impacts of COVID-19 travel restrictions, examining how reduced mobility temporarily improved air quality and other environmental indicators while simultaneously creating new challenges around vaccine distribution, border closures, and long-term pandemic management.
Understanding of environmental pollution and its anthropogenic impacts on biological resources during the COVID-19 period
Researchers reviewed how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified plastic pollution across terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric environments by driving surges in single-use plastics and inadequately managed medical waste, with plastic-related contamination projected to pose escalating transboundary risks through 2030 and beyond.
The long-term impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on environmental health: a review study of the bi-directional effect
Researchers reviewed how the COVID-19 pandemic created a two-way relationship with environmental health, finding that lockdowns temporarily improved air and water quality while simultaneously driving a surge in single-use plastic waste and biohazard materials. The review calls for long-term sustainability policies that balance economic recovery with environmental protection, including reducing plastic pollution.
Towards the impact of COVID-19 on the Environment, Education, and Economy (EEE)
This review synthesizes published literature on the multidimensional impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on environment, education, and economy, finding that while restricted mobility temporarily improved air and water quality, the pandemic caused severe economic disruption including GDP decline, unemployment, and collapse of global tourism, while also accelerating shifts to remote education.
A sustainable trend in COVID-19 research: An environmental perspective
This review analyzes the sustainable research trends linking COVID-19 and the environment, examining how the pandemic affected environmental conditions including increased plastic waste from personal protective equipment and medical supplies.
Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Environment and Proposals for Sustainable Strategies
This review examined the environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding significant improvements in air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and lower water pollution during lockdowns, alongside negative consequences including increased medical waste from masks, gloves, and disinfectant containers.
Positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 on the environment: A critical review with sustainability approaches
This review examines both the positive and negative environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. While lockdowns temporarily reduced air, water, and noise pollution, the massive increase in disposable masks, gloves, and plastic packaging created a surge in microplastic contamination. The study highlights how the pandemic exposed the tension between public health measures and environmental sustainability.
Effects of COVID-19 on coastal and marine environments: Aggravated microplastic pollution, improved air quality, and future perspective
Researchers conducted a comprehensive review of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected coastal and marine environments between 2020 and 2023. The study found that pandemic-related waste, particularly personal protective equipment, significantly increased microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, while lockdowns temporarily improved air quality. Evidence indicates that the environmental legacy of COVID-19 includes lasting microplastic contamination that will require long-term mitigation strategies.
Airborne Microplastics from Waste as a Transmission Vector for COVID-19
Researchers analyzed how airborne microplastics — tiny plastic particles that float in the air — could potentially carry SARS-CoV-2 virus particles and serve as an additional transmission route for COVID-19. The paper argues that contaminated plastic waste and airborne microplastics warrant precautionary management as part of pandemic control strategies.
COVID-19 and the emerging research trends in environmental studies: a bibliometric evaluation
Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 495 environmental science publications from the COVID-19 pandemic era, identifying key research trends including environmental quality assessment, increased chemical disinfectant exposure, worsening solid waste management, and strategies for post-pandemic urban planning. The study maps how the pandemic reshaped environmental research priorities and revealed both temporary environmental improvements and new pollution challenges.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, waste management, and energy sectors: a deeper look into the long-term impacts
This review examines the environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that while short-term air quality improvements occurred during lockdowns, the long-term negative effects are far more significant. Researchers documented massive increases in single-use plastic waste from masks, gloves, and packaging, contributing substantially to microplastic pollution. The study highlights that the pandemic reversed progress on waste reduction and created new challenges for environmental management across waste, energy, and pollution sectors.
COVID-19, a double-edged sword for the environment: a review on the impacts of COVID-19 on the environment
This review assessed pandemic-related environmental impacts, finding that COVID-19 reduced air and water pollution temporarily through industrial slowdowns but simultaneously increased plastic waste, antibiotic release, and chemical contamination from disinfectants, producing a mixed and complex environmental legacy.
Coronavirus disease-19 in environmental fields: a bibliometric and visualization mapping analysis
Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis — a large-scale study of scientific publication trends — to map how the scientific community responded to COVID-19 in environmental research fields. The most common topics included air quality impacts, mental health effects, and economic consequences of the pandemic, with China, the USA, and Italy producing the most publications.
Covid-19 and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities
This review examines both the environmental challenges and unexpected opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, including temporary reductions in air pollution alongside a surge in single-use plastic waste from masks and PPE. The pandemic highlighted trade-offs between public health measures and plastic pollution.
On the novel coronavirus (COVID-19): a global pandemic
This paper provides an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic coronavirus, covering its transmission, genetic characteristics, and zoonotic origins. This is an epidemiology paper unrelated to microplastic research.