Disputed Bay of Bengal island disappears into sea
24th March 2010
An island that has been at the centre of a dispute between India and Bangladesh for three decades has disappeared beneath rising seas.
New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said Sugata Hazra, a professor of oceanography at Jadavpur University, in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.
“What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming,” said Mr Hazra.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
March 25th, 2010 at 07:00
Rising sea level didn’t do this, the Sundarbans are sand bars, the come and go naturally.