Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic induced a global ‘anthropause’. By changing human patterns of movement, the microscopic pathogen behind the pandemic indirectly caused dramatic effects on wildlife. We quantified environmental and biological responses to the COVID-19-induced complete loss—and eventual return—of human visitors to Hanauma Bay in Hawai‘i, USA. We show...
COVID 19 anthropause affects coral reef ecosystems through biophysical changes
