As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner

PixabayPlanting a plant, Photo Date: April 11, 2015
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science WriterAn unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped choking New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, and India’s getting views of sights not visible in decades. Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern United States is down 30%. R