Islands in the Bay of Bengal are drowning in water from the melting glaciers of the HimalayasTo witness an obvious effect of climate change, a few degrees of increased heat is not going to cut the mustard. For that, take a look at the islands in the Sundarbans; or rather, what's left of them. They are becoming submerged under a sea whose level is rising due to global warming: When glaciers melt in the north, water flows to the south, the sea level rises and the landscape starts changing -- in some cases, dramatically.
Stretching from India to Bangladesh, the Sundarbans -- which means "beautiful forest" in Bengali -- is the world's largest delta and the world's largest block of natural mangrove trees.
According to a recent National Geographic video report, one of the islands -- Ghoramara -- is only half of the size it was just three decades ago. Thousands of people who lived there have left for higher ground.
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