The “anthropause” impacts the solid Earth

A new article in the BC News delves into exciting new research co-authored by EESC Assoc. Prof. Alan Kafka and a team of more than 70 international colleagues, published in the journal Science, which investigates the global effects of the pandemic lockdowns – a period of time that has been coined the “anthropause” - on the solid Earth. According to the study, “Measures to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread changes in human activity, leading to a months-long reduction in seismic noise of up to 50%. The 2020 seismic noise quiet period is the longest and most prominent global anthropogenic seismic noise reduction on record”. To learn more, see Prof. Alan Kafka’s website and additional coverage in the Boston Globe!