Bangladesh
River sediment may counter Bangladesh sea level riseSCIDEV.NET | 04 May 2010Sea level rise, which threatens to flood Bangladesh, may be offset by sediment flowing down from the Himalayas. Researchers at the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), in capital city Dhaka, said that the Himalayas — relatively young mountains with a loose structure — have been losing more than a billion tonnes of sediment every year, some of which has been building up the land in the river estuaries below.
Bangladesh | Climate Change Impacts | Sea Level Rise Solar power lights up Bangladesh central bankReuters | 31 Mar 2010DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank has switched over to solar-powered lighting, in a move to encourage green energy in a country drastically short of electricity, bank officials said.The government says it is also exploring various means, including nuclear power generation, to overcome the problem of energy shortage, which is one of the key constraints to growth
Bangladesh | Institutional Involvement | Renewable Energy Rising seas claim island at centre of 30-year disputeThe Independent | 25 Mar 2010A low-lying island in a sprawling mangrove delta which has been disputed by India and Bangladesh for almost 30 years will be squabbled over no more. It has disappeared beneath the waves. In what experts say is an alarming indication of the danger posed by rising sea levels brought about by global warming, New Moore Island has become totally submerged. "It is definitely because of global warming," said Professor Sugata Hazra of Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
Bangladesh | India | Global Warming | Sea Level Rise
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