Pub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2021-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00278-7
Mim Mashrur Ahmed, Md Emdadul Hoque, Shahanaj Rahman, Proshanta Kumar Roy, Firoz Alam, Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Philip K Hopke
An integrated approach was used to estimate the number of COVID-19 patients related to air quality and meteorological phenomena. Additionally, the air quality during pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was assessed to determine the effect of the infection containment measures taken in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The air quality was assessed based on measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), black carbon, particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and aerosol optical depth. Time-averaged maps of these parameters have been generated from NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) website. Values of these parameters have also been collected from a continuous air monitoring station (CAMS) located in Bangladesh's north-western city Rajshahi. The comparison shows that lockdown during the pandemic has brought significant improvements in air quality. However, the improvement was not sustained, since rapid increases in the air pollutant concentrations were observed in the post-lockdown period. Furthermore, Pearson correlation coefficients between each air quality variable and the daily new COVID-19 case rates were calculated. Different meteorological variables during the same time periods were determined to observe the variation in Rajshahi city. Relationships of these variables with the case rates were also established. Additionally, statistical analyses of the obtained data have been conducted for the measured variables using the Kruskal-Wallis test to assess the differences in the observed data among the pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown periods. Dunn's "Q" test was employed to test if the variables showed significance statistical difference during the Kruskal-Wallis test for pairwise comparisons. From the study, it has been observed that both meteorological variables and air quality parameters have significant relationship with daily new COVID-19 case rates. Both positive and negative associations of these parameters with the COVID-19 case rates have been observed. Very high air pollution has been observed in the post-lockdown period. Thus, it is recommended that appropriate authorities undertake corrective measures to protect the environment in cities with large populations. This study provides guidance for decision makers and health officials for future research and potentially reducing the spread of COVID-19.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00275-w
Aida Farsi, M. Rosen
{"title":"Assessment of a Geothermal Combined System with an Organic Rankine Cycle and Multi-effect Distillation Desalination","authors":"Aida Farsi, M. Rosen","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00275-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00275-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76933499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Present and Future Land Surface Temperature (LST) of Chittagong, Bangladesh","authors":"Shahriar Abdullah, Dhrubo Barua, Sk. Md. Abubakar Abdullah, Yasin Wahid Rabby","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00291-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00291-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"33 1","pages":"221-235"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84003440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00288-5
Natnael Sitota Sinta, A. Mohammed, Z. Ahmed, Ramzah Dambul
{"title":"Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Estimates Over Omo–Gibe River Basin in Ethiopia","authors":"Natnael Sitota Sinta, A. Mohammed, Z. Ahmed, Ramzah Dambul","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00288-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00288-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"24 1","pages":"263-280"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90922898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w
Ambrose Mubialiwo, A. Abebe, Nafyad Serre Kawo, J. Ekolu, S. Nadarajah, C. Onyutha
{"title":"Hydrodynamic Modelling of Floods and Estimating Socio-economic Impacts of Floods in Ugandan River Malaba Sub-catchment","authors":"Ambrose Mubialiwo, A. Abebe, Nafyad Serre Kawo, J. Ekolu, S. Nadarajah, C. Onyutha","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"41 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72685402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-27DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00284-9
A. Cerdà, Iván Franch-Pardo, A. Novara, S. Sannigrahi, J. Rodrigo‐Comino
{"title":"Examining the Effectiveness of Catch Crops as a Nature-Based Solution to Mitigate Surface Soil and Water Losses as an Environmental Regional Concern","authors":"A. Cerdà, Iván Franch-Pardo, A. Novara, S. Sannigrahi, J. Rodrigo‐Comino","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00284-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00284-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":"29 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74209575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00281-y
J. Qureshi, G. Khan, N. Ali, Sajid Ali, S. rehman, Razia Bano, S. Saeed, M. Ehsan
{"title":"Correction to: Spatio‑temporal Change of Glacier Surging and Glacier‑dammed Lake Formation in Karakoram Pakistan","authors":"J. Qureshi, G. Khan, N. Ali, Sajid Ali, S. rehman, Razia Bano, S. Saeed, M. Ehsan","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00281-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00281-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"4 1","pages":"431 - 431"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73005693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00279-6
A. Z. Ekoa Bessa, V. Ambassa Bela, G. Ngueutchoua, Y. El-Amier, Francis Aonsi Kamani, Leonel Ngueudong Zebaze, Christelle Aimée Kamguem Fotso, Vanisa Njimanu Njong, Franck Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi, M. Valipour, J. Armstrong-Altrin
{"title":"Characteristics and Source Identification of Environmental Trace Metals in Beach Sediments Along the Littoral Zone of Cameroon","authors":"A. Z. Ekoa Bessa, V. Ambassa Bela, G. Ngueutchoua, Y. El-Amier, Francis Aonsi Kamani, Leonel Ngueudong Zebaze, Christelle Aimée Kamguem Fotso, Vanisa Njimanu Njong, Franck Eitel Kemgang Ghomsi, M. Valipour, J. Armstrong-Altrin","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00279-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00279-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"32 1","pages":"175-187"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89958007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00277-8
Gordon Ansel Nedd, T. D. Oyedotun, M. Simard
{"title":"Evaluation of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Guyana’s Mangroves Using SAR and GEE","authors":"Gordon Ansel Nedd, T. D. Oyedotun, M. Simard","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00277-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00277-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"37 1","pages":"509 - 524"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79136232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s41748-021-00274-x
Tasnim Abdary Anonna, Z. Ahmed, R. Alam, M. Karim, Zhixiao Xie, Pardeep Kumar, Fei Zhang, J. Simal-Gándara
{"title":"Water Quality Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes in Mahananda River Basin of Bangladesh","authors":"Tasnim Abdary Anonna, Z. Ahmed, R. Alam, M. Karim, Zhixiao Xie, Pardeep Kumar, Fei Zhang, J. Simal-Gándara","doi":"10.1007/s41748-021-00274-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00274-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45867,"journal":{"name":"Earth Systems and Environment","volume":"121 1","pages":"87-98"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73454024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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