blog posts 2020 a bad year in many ways, but what about global carbon emissions? Dec 15, 2020 9:00 am The annual Carbon Budget Project report found that the global COVID-19 pandemic restrictions caused a record drop in CO2 emissions for 2020, says Illinois atmospheric sciences professor and report co-author Atul Jain. 100 years after influenza pandemic, why should I get a flu shot? Oct 30, 2018 11:15 am 100 years after the world's worst influenza pandemic, an expert on the flu virus and how it adapts discusses the severity of influenza today and how the flu shot works