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The Bay of Bengal, in Peril From Climate Change

2013-10-14 03:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: EARLY one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asias rising powers. Its low-lying littoral including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra is home to over half a billion people who are now acutely vulnerable to rising sea levels. Storms are a constant threat; over the weekend, a cyclone, Phailin, swept in from the bay to strike the coastal Indian state of Odisha,...

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