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Sunderbans sea level rising at an 'alarming' rate per year: World Bank
2015-03-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deccan Chronicle: The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a World Bank report has suggested. The report stated that the sea level could witness an estimated 3 to 8 mm rise per year and mainly attributed it to land subsidence caused by various natural and anthropogenic processes. The report, titled "Building Resilience for Sustainable Development of the Sunderbans - Strategy Report" said, "Parts of the coast in the south...
Sunderbans' water getting toxic: Scientists
2014-11-02 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Climate change is causing toxic metals trapped in the sediment beds of the Hooghly estuary in the Indian Sunderbans to leach out into the water system due to changes in ocean chemistry, say scientists, warning of potential human health hazards. They predict that after about 30 years, increasing ocean acidification - another dark side of spiked atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide - could in fact unlock the entire stock of metals like copper and lead gathered in the sediment layer, and release them...
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Sunderbans trees losing capacity to absorb CO2?
2014-08-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: The vast mangrove forest in the Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the atmosphere due to rise in the salinity of water, rampant deforestation and pollution, a study has found. The mangrove forest, marsh grass, phytoplanktons, molluscus and other coastal vegetation in the world's largest delta are the natural absorbers of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the study. The stored carbon in the plants is known as "Blue Carbons"....
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India: Sinking Sunderbans islands no poll issue
2014-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Sankar Sahu might be voting for the last time on Ghoramara island in Sunderbans archipelago as the rising sea level owing to climate change threatens his mud house located on the river bank. "In one year`s time, my house will be gobbled up by the rising water level," Mr. Sahu (37), who had shifted his house three times over the last few decades, told The Hindu. "Hundreds of families have left the island and taken shelter elsewhere. They have become refugees. But we have no place to go," said...
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Scientists to study climate change impact in Sunderbans
2014-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Researchers from India, Britain and Bangladesh are studying the impact of climate change on livelihoods of those living in Sunderbans mangroves, the world's largest mangrove forests. More than two-thirds of the forest lies in Bangladesh, the focus of the study, and the rest in West Bengal. Under the ongoing Ecosystem Services For Poverty Alleviation (Deltas) project, as many as 50 experts from the three countries are investigating the impact of climate change on ecosystem services (benefits derived...
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