A systematic scoping review of environmental and socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on the global ocean-human system.

ABSTRACT: The global outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has strongly affected human lives. The restrictions taken to slow down the spread of the virus impact socio-economic activities and the environment. A comprehensive review of these COVID-19 impacts on the ocean-human system is lacking. The current study fills this gap by synthesizing the environmental and socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global ocean by conducting a systemic scoping review of 92 published articles. From a geospatial perspective, the studies covered a total of 37 countries, mainly from Asia, Europe, and North America, with a particular focus on the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. From an environmental perspective, both positive and negative effects on global oceans were summarized.

SUBMITTER: Jiang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359760 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature