Mangrove forests help protect against rising sea level, says study

Studies have shown mangroves have the ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and protect people from hazards 

Rising sea level poses risk to green turtle habitation in Australia

Scientists have become concerned that only 10 per cent of eggs are producing turtles on Raine Island compared to 90 per cent elsewhere

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius may not be enough

Study says sea levels could still rise by 6 metres, threatening coastal cities across the world

Sea change

Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons

Chilling effect

Worse than expected

Oceans are rising much faster near the coasts

According to report

South Asia

Right picture

United we slam

Students design plan to live with climate change in 50 years

Going under

New lease of life

New address

South Asia

Shrinking coastline

CMZ dropped

Sharper divide

Sea level rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean

Look what’s swelling the sea

Use of groundwater accounts for 0.8 mm sea level rise

India, Bangladesh to save Sunderbans

Sea level rise submerges disputed island in the Bay of Bengal

Sedimental attraction

A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims

Wetlands can cope with sea rise

Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience

Glaciers in western Canada to lose 70 per cent volume by 2100: study

Runoff from the melting ice will peak between 2020 and 2040

Book: Sunderbans-The mystic mangroves

Book>> Sunderbans-The Mystic Mangroves by Biswajit Roy Chowdhury and Pradeep Vyas Published by Niyogi Books

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