New research suggests unexpected silver lining for nature during COVID-19 pandemic: 'Gave respite'

New research suggests unexpected silver lining for nature during COVID-19 pandemic: 'Gave respite'

While over 100 countries worldwide went under lockdown in 2020, recent studies suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may not have been all doom and gloom. In fact, what researchers are calling the "anthropause" seems to have led to a surge in bird populations and in birdwatching — one of the many pastimes that caught on during the pandemic. In Indore, India, the lockdown measures implemented in response to the pandemic reversed a decline in sparrow…