As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner. These before-and-after images show the change.

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I know; not exactly LBN.

As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner. These before-and-after images show the change.

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer 22 hrs ago

n unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.

As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped choking New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, and India's getting views of sights not visible in decades. Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern United States is down 30%. Rome air pollution levels from mid-March to mid-April were down 49% from a year ago. Stars seems more visible at night.

People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don't usually. Coyotes have meandered along downtown Chicago's Michigan Avenue and near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. A puma roamed the streets of Santiago, Chile. Goats took over a town in Wales. In India, already daring wildlife has become bolder with hungry monkeys entering homes and opening refrigerators to look for food.

When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.

Before-and-after photos of environmental changes

New Delhi's skyline





This combination of Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, top, and Monday, April 20, 2020 photos shows New Delhi's skyline. India's air quality improved drastically during a nationwide lockdown to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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[sop]

1. I guess deniers will stop doubting anthropogenic climate change now.

[CrispyQ]

2. The charts are stunning.

It won't, however, change any of the deniers minds, I'll bet.