孟加拉湾Ghoramara岛的缓慢侵蚀

卫星捕获的气候变化影响

全球变暖导致河流从喜马拉雅山下降并流入孟加拉湾的河流肿胀和流离失所。

在Sundarban Delta,Ghoramara Island曾经有40,000人,到2016年,这已降至3,000名居民。Known as the ‘sinking island’, it is now less than five square kilometres, about half the size it was back in 1969. The erosion of the island is clearly visible between the 20m resolution SPOT 1 image captured in March 1989 and the SPOT 7 image acquired in November 2016.