Greenhouse gas emissions plummeted in the United States as the coronavirus prompted widespread shutdowns, canceled flights, and ground economic activity to a halt, falling to the lowest levels since 1983, according to a Bloomberg study.

Greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. will fall by 9.2% in 2020, a study from BloombergNEF projected. U.S. emissions have been trending downward for more than a decade, according to Bloomberg, in large part because of the energy industry’s slow transition from coal power plants to renewables and natural gas plants, but 2020’s dip is the steepest drop on record.

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