The beaches in Mallorca, Spain, have been emptied by the coronavirus pandemic. One environmental chemist fears that the virus that causes Covid-19 could transfer back into the air along coasts. — Photo: dpa/Clara Margais
Kim Prather, a leading atmospheric chemist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wants to yell out her window at every surfer, runner and biker she spots along the San Diego coast.
"I wouldn't go in the water if you paid me 1 million dollars right now," she said.
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