Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Moqbul Hossain, Mainul Huq, David Wheeler
It is a virtual certainty that sea-level rise will continue throughout the century and beyond 2100 even if greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized in the near future. Understanding the economic impacts of salinity intrusion thus is essential for planning adaptation in low-lying coastal areas around ...
Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, Md. Golam Mustafa, Md. Istiak Sobhan et al.
Fisheries constitute an important source of livelihoods for tens of thousands of poor people in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh, and they supply a significant portion of protein for millions. Among the various threats fisheries in the southwest coastal region will face because of climate ...
Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, David Wheeler
Concerns about the sustainability of conventional agriculture have prompted widespread introduction of integrated pest management (IPM), an ecologically based approach to control harmful insects and weeds. IPM is intended to reduce ecological and health damage from chemical pesticides by using natur...
Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu
Hydrogen is a source of clean energy as it can produce electricity and heat with water as a by-product and no carbon content is emitted when hydrogen is used as burning fuel in a fuel cell. Hydrogen is a potential energy carrier and powerful fuel as it has high flammability, fast flame speed, no car...
Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner, Mainul Huq
"In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly admit...
Susmita Dasgupta, Asif Zaman, Subhendu Roy, Mainul Huq et al.
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense r...
Susmita Dasgupta, David Wheeler, Md. Enamul Huq, M. Khaliquzzaman
UNLABELLED: The World Health Organization's 2004 Global and Regional Burden of Disease Report estimates that acute respiratory infections from indoor air pollution (pollution from burning wood, animal dung, and other bio-fuels) kill a million children annually in developing countries, inflicting a p...
Azam Noori, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Rajib Roychowdhury, Mohammad Sarraf et al.
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have gained significant attention in various fields due to their unique properties, but their release into the environment has raised concerns about their environmental and biological impacts. Silver nanoparticles can enter plants following their exposure to roots or via...
Susmita Datta Peu, Arnob Das, Md. Sanowar Hossain, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda et al.
CO2 capture, use, and storage have been identified as significant strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions induced by the usage of fossil fuels. The current review focuses on the concepts of post-combustion capture technologies based on absorption mechanisms. Among all other developed techno...
Mainul Huq, Susmita Dasgupta, M. Khaliquzzaman, Kiran Pandey et al.
"Indoor air pollution (IAP) from cooking and heating is estimated to kill a million children annually in developing countries. To promote a better understanding of IAP, the authors investigate the determinants of IAP in Bangladesh using the latest air monitoring technology and a national household s...
Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huq Khan, Md. Sohel Masud et al.
Bangladesh is one of the most flood prone countries in the world. Two thirds of the country is less than 5 m above sea level. Past monsoon flood records indicate that about 21% of the country is subject to annual flooding and an additional 42% is at risk of floods with varied intensity. Although ann...
Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda, Mostafa M. Salah et al.
The lead halide-based perovskite solar cells have attracted much attention in the photovoltaic industry due to their high efficiency, easy manufacturing, lightweight, and low cost. However, these lead halide-based perovskite solar cells are not manufactured commercially due to lead-based toxicity. T...
Aida Shomali, Susmita Das, Mohammad Sarraf, Riya Johnson et al.
Metals constitute vital elements for plant metabolism and survival, acting as essential co-factors in cellular processes which are indispensable for plant growth and survival. Excess or deficient provision of metal/metalloids puts plant's life and survival at risk, thus considered a potent stress fo...
Susmita Dasgupta, Mainul Huq, David Wheeler
Bangladesh, with two-thirds of its land area less than five meters above sea level, is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Low-lying coastal districts along the Bay of Bengal are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise, tidal flooding, storm surges, and climate-induced incre...
Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu, Md. Sanowar Hossain, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda et al.
In recent years, the increasing energy requirement and consumption necessitates further improvement in energy storage technologies to obtain high cycling stability, power and energy density, and specific capacitance. Two-dimensional metal oxide nanosheets have gained much interest due to their attra...