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New Moore island, disputed between India and Bangladesh as a potential source of oil, has disappeared due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. The island first appeared in 1974 but recent studies by a director at Jadavpur University found it had been swallowed by the sea. Climate change is causing global warming through increased greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice sheets and raising sea levels fast enough that low-lying countries like Bangladesh risk losing territory and displacing millions by 2050. Several other uninhabited islands are also at risk of disappearing, providing scientists an opportunity to study these effects and help predict risks to populated areas.

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New Moore island, disputed between India and Bangladesh as a potential source of oil, has disappeared due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. The island first appeared in 1974 but recent studies by a director at Jadavpur University found it had been swallowed by the sea. Climate change is causing global warming through increased greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice sheets and raising sea levels fast enough that low-lying countries like Bangladesh risk losing territory and displacing millions by 2050. Several other uninhabited islands are also at risk of disappearing, providing scientists an opportunity to study these effects and help predict risks to populated areas.

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Name: Chandresh Zinzuwadia

Subject: Rising Sea Swallows Contested Island


Original Source: http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/climate-change-erases-contested-
island/19414020Article
Source: http://geology.com/news/
Date Article was Reported: March 25, 2010
India and Bangladesh have been in constant dispute to claim New Moore island, an uninhabited
81-square-mile island in the Bay oI Bengal that appeared in 1974. The two countries believe that the
island is a rich source oI oil in the surrounding waters. According to Sugata Hazra, director oI the School
oI Oceanographic Studies at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, the island disappeared under the rising
sea. The argument over who owns the island has been settled by a higher power: Mother nature and
climate change.
Climate change has been noticed globally as a result oI global warming. Human impact to the
environment is known as the leading reason Ior this change. Increased production oI green house gases
has led to melting oI ice sheets and a rise in the sea waters. In class, we recently looked at Iloods and
eIIects oI global warming. With the rise oI water at this rate, the state oI Florida and New York could be
submerged in water. Similar eIIects are expected to be seen all around the world. The U.N. predicts that
low-lying Bangladesh could lose almost one-IiIth oI its territory and displace 20 million people by 2050 iI
the sea levels rise by 3.3 Ieet. Hazra`s studies show that Iive other islands could disappear in the next 10
years.
There are several other uninhabited islands that are on the verge oI disappearing. This gives
geologists and scientists an opportunity to study the cases and identiIy trends. Scientists and geologists
can calculate how long it will take Ior the rise in water to aIIect other populated countries and islands.
Some such islands may be rich in minerals that will get dissolved in the surrounding waters due to the
submersion. Scientists may be able to collect water samples Irom that region and look Ior valuable
minerals. They can investigate how the submersion will aIIect marine liIe in that region. Several other
areas are open that scientists and geologists can explore.
Rise in water levels has been a noticed issue that needs immediate action. Recent research shows
that Greenland`s northwest coast rose 1.5 inches due to ice melt between October 2005 to August 2009
(http://geology.com/press-release/greenland-ice-sheet/). These signs indicate that immediate action needs
to be taken by humans, who produce most oI the green house gases responsible Ior the ice melt. The
rising population and increased use oI non-renewable resources needs to be curbed and alternate energy
solutions need to be sought Ior a better and saIer Iuture.

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