If u see this,When a worldwide pandemic has taken away everything that we love, there are few silver linings. In Italy, one of the worst hit countries in the world regarding cases and deaths, the country has been forced to go into lockdown. Because of the lockdown, air pollution levels have dramatically dropped. The concentration of NO2 has decreased an average of 24% and in Milan (and all of Rome as well) that number is at a staggering 47%. Residents have noted that the canals in Venice have unusually clean water and there have been even reported dolphin sightings. In India, the critically endangered Malabar civet was seen in the streets for the first time since the 1990s. Wildlife is returning to these massive cities and, Marine Biologists are thrilled to see there is still hope for endangered species.

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