The emergence of a novel coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 during December 2019, has caused the global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is officially announced to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The increasing burden from this pandemic is seriously affecting everyone’s life, and threating the global public health. Understanding the transmission, survival, and evolution of the virus in the environment will assist in the prevention, control, treatment, and eradication of its infection. Herein, we aimed to elucidate the environmental impacts on the transmission and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, based on briefly introducing this respiratory virus. Future research objectives for the prevention and control of these contagious viruses and their related diseases are highlighted from the perspective of environmental science. This review should be of great help to prevent and control the epidemics caused by emerging respiratory coronaviruses (CoVs).

2019 年 12 月，一种名为 SARS-CoV-2 的新型冠状病毒出现，导致 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 在全球爆发，世界卫生组织 (WHO) 正式宣布其为大流行病。疫情带来的日益加重的负担正在严重影响着每个人的生活，威胁着全球公共卫生。了解病毒在环境中的传播、生存和进化将有助于预防、控制、治疗和根除其感染。在此，我们旨在在简要介绍这种呼吸道病毒的基础上阐明环境对 SARS-CoV-2 传播和进化的影响。从环境科学的角度强调了预防和控制这些传染性病毒及其相关疾病的未来研究目标。这篇综述应该对预防和控制新发呼吸道冠状病毒（CoVs）引起的流行病有很大帮助。