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Living Planet: A postcard to Paris

Shaikh Azizur Rahman, Ghoramara IslandNovember 5, 2015

Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are posing serious threats to the islands in the Sundarban delta, straddling India and Bangladesh. Four islands have already vanished in the Bay of Bengal in the past few decades. At least 10 others are under threat. As islands keep vanishing under the sea, its residents have no choice but to flee.

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