The island of Lohachara in the Bay of Bengal may not long be remembered but it is, it seems, the first inhabited island to succumb to global warming and disappear. Once the home to around 10,000 inhabitants it has now vanished from the scene. In the area, where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers form their deltas up to 70,000 people are already refugees from rising sea levels. 17 million people in Bangladesh alone live less than one metre above sea level.
It is not just the Indian subcontinent that is at risk either. Heavily populated areas of Florida and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico are also under threat. This is clearly not the time to buy a shore house.
It is not just the Indian subcontinent that is at risk either. Heavily populated areas of Florida and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico are also under threat. This is clearly not the time to buy a shore house.
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