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Effect of Covid-19 global lockdown on our Moon (oup.com)
18 points by benryon 2 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments





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.


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?



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