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I wouldn't be surprised about behavioral responses in wildlife to reduced human activity outdoors. But anything substantial will take time. For example, if some
by mirimir 7y ago
I wouldn't be surprised about behavioral responses in wildlife to reduced human activity outdoors. But anything substantial will take time. For example, if some village were abandoned, I'd expect that native plants and animals would move back in, over some years.
I also wouldn't be surprised if 2020 greenhouse emissions were less than in 2019. And indeed, it might take some years to recover the rate of increase.
And perhaps, if PV replaced old dead coal plants, there might be long term emissions reductions. Similarly, if working from home becomes the new norm, that will also cut emissions dramatically.
Even so, the population decrease will be too small, in and of itself, to have much impact.
- xbmcuser 7y agoEvery year 130~million are born 55~60million die. Corona virus is not going to effect the population growth rate at all. Infact because of the lock downs chances are 9-10 months from now the number of babies being born will be a lot higher than normal.
- mirimir 7y agoHey, another baby boom :)
- seba_dos1 7y agoThere are lots of wildlife in big cities as long as there are some relatively quiet ecological tunnels left there (usually around the rivers). I'd expect it to take weeks, maybe even days with good weather and some luck, to get animals like deers or boars to roam freely across the whole city (they already do at night in some places) if humans had suddenly disappeared. However, unlike those from some of the currently viral reports, these animals are already there - they're just pretty good at hiding from humans, so most people don't even realize it.