Rising sea levels engulfing Indian islands

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KOLKATA - Rising sea levels have submerged two islands in the Sunderbans, where tigers roam through mangrove forests in the Ganges River delta, and a dozen more islands are under threat, scientists say.

A six-year study of the impact of future climate change on the world natural heritage site that India shares with Bangladesh came up with alarming results. snip

The study shows that the temperature in this area is expected to rise by one degree centigrade by 2050.

Hazra says the relative mean sea level in the Bay of Bengal is rising at a rate of 3.14 millimetres a year due to global warming.

“And if this trend continues, the rising sea will devour nearly 15 per cent of the islands in the Sunderbans,” he adds.

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1. I've heard that the indigenous peoples of Alaska are also losing land to the sea

Two islands that were large enough to support wild life? Damn.

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2. The Maldives are going under, too.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/photogalleries/global_warming/photo5.html