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Effect of Covid-19 global lockdown on our Moon

• scrumper 2y ago
  Commenting here because this describes a fascinating phenomenon and I hope some more people see it. In short, lunar surface temperatures decreased during the pandemic, hypothesized as being due to a reduction in anthropogenic radiation from earth caused by the lockdowns.
  • rep_lodsb 2y ago
    As far as I understood it, the amount of reflected solar radiation is what was reduced, because of less air pollution. Meaning the Earth would have actually absorbed more of it?
    • scrumper 2y ago
      Yes I think you have it, having read it again. I didn't read it properly the first time.