{"id":109109,"date":"2024-10-01T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109109"},"modified":"2024-10-01T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T05:31:48","slug":"covid-19-pandemic-affected-the-moon-scientists-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109109","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"block pb-1 text-3xl leading-none uppercase border-b lg:hidden xs:text-4xl font-k lg:text-5 border-red\">Wait, what?<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"font-k text-4 font-black  lg:border-b border-gray-900 pb-1\">Lunar Coronavirus<\/h2>\n<p>Something strange happened when the Earth was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, scientists claim: the Moon got substantially colder.<\/p>\n<p>As detailed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/mnrasl\/article\/535\/1\/L18\/7760380?login=false\" class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" style=\"text-decoration-color:#ff0033\">recent article<\/a>\u00a0published in the journal <em>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters<\/em>, scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, India, observed that lunar nighttime surface temperatures dipped substantially across six observation sites on the near side of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>They propose that this &#8220;anomalous dip&#8221; was caused by a sudden drop in radiation being emitted from Earth as human activity plummeted during global lockdowns, which limited the amount of pollution and overall heat released by our planet at night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, our study shows that the Moon has possibly experienced the effect of COVID-19 lockdown, visualized as an anomalous decrease in lunar night-time surface temperatures during that period,&#8221; the scientists concluded in their article.<\/p>\n<p>The results also indicate that studying the Moon&#8217;s temperature swings could provide us with a &#8220;stable platform to study Earth&#8217;s radiation budget and climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-k text-4 font-black  lg:border-b border-gray-900 pb-1\">Global Moondemic<\/h2>\n<p>During the day, much of the Sun&#8217;s light is reflected back into space by the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, while only some of it is absorbed. The Moon is also pummeled with radiation from the Sun during the day.<\/p>\n<p>But at night, the situation is substantially different, as the &#8220;Moon receives radiation only from Earth, and thus it can influence the night-time surface temperatures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0273117717303423\" class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" style=\"text-decoration-color:#ff0033\">previously shown<\/a> that nighttime temperatures can swing according to the amount of terrestrial radiation released by the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>During the early COVID-19 lockdowns, human activities and associated pollution levels dipped substantially, providing a unique opportunity for scientists to study climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And the effect was so pronounced that we could even measure an &#8220;anomalous dip&#8221; in nighttime temperatures on the Moon hundreds of thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n<p>That could allow scientists to use the lunar surface as the perfect testing ground to study the effects of climate change occurring back on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this work, we have utilized a rare and unique opportunity of COVID-19 to carry out our study, which may never occur again,&#8221; the researchers wrote. &#8220;It can also be further substantiated from Moon-based observatories in future as advocated by some researchers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>More on the Moon:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/china-unveils-spacesuit-moon-landing\" class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" style=\"text-decoration-color:#ff0033\">China Unveils Spacesuit for Upcoming Moon Landing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/covid-19-pandemic-moon\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, what? 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