Nature, COVID-19, disease prevention, and climate change

When COVID-19 arrived, usual human activity around the world paused or slowed, and nature responded to the opportunity. Even in major urban areas, people remarked on the clearer, crisper, star- brightened night skies. This issue's collection of interesting papers provides insights into ways the natural world responded, but it would seem worthwhile to take a step back and frame that phenomenon in its intellectual and epidemiological context.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, human activities came to a halt, allowing nature to respond with clearer and brighter night skies even in urban areas. This issue's collection of papers sheds light on how the natural world reacted, prompting us to consider this phenomenon within a broader intellectual and epidemiological context.