Ghoramara Island is sinking into and disappearing into the Bay of Bengal sea, due to climate change

Ghoramara Island is sinking into and disappearing into the Bay of Bengal sea, due to climate change
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Ghoramara Village and its unlucky residents in West Bengal : Climate change is melting this island into the Bay of Bengal's waters.
Sinking into the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean! Ghoramara Island in West Bengal is a victim of climate change.
In the misty wintery fog there is a certain foreboding feel to an aerial view of this riverine island. Ghoramara Island in West Bengal is sinking due to rising sea levels, and may disappear due to climate change. See this aerial view of the Island in the Sunderbans region.
Ghoramara Island is an island 92 km south of Kolkata, India in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal. The island is small, roughly five square kilometers in area, and is quickly disappearing due to erosion and sea level rise, as seen aerially, from the air.
Shrinking of island
Global warming has caused the rivers that pour down from the Himalayas and empty into the Bay of Bengal to swell and shift in recent decades, placing these islands, known as the Sundarbans, in danger. Four islands are completely underwater, and another 10 in the area are at risk.
A 2007 study by Jadavpur University concluded that roughly 31 square miles (80 km2) of the Sundarbans had disappeared during the preceding 30 years, and that Ghoramara had shrunk to less than five square miles (thirteen square kilometres), about half its size in 1969: this loss of land had caused the displacement of more than 600 families.
Ghoramara island once had a population of 40,000. The 2001 Government of India census showed a population of 5,000 on Ghoramara; this population is believed to have shrunk as families are displaced by the island's sinking and many families are migrating in search of better livelihood. As of 2016 the island has 3,000 residents. - Wikipedia
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