Rising Sea Swallows Contested Island

[Crostorm]

(March 25) -- For more than 35 years, India and Bangladesh have been locked in a bitter territorial dispute over New Moore Island, an uninhabited sliver of sludge in the muddy Bay of Bengal.According to Sugata Hazra, director of the School of Oceanographic Studies at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, the low-lying isle has disappeared under the rising seas. "There's no trace of the island anymore. After studying satellite images, I confirmed this from fishermen," he told reporters. "Climate change has obliterated the source of dispute." The 81-square-mile island is now classed as a submerged landmass.
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[brunota2003]

Did rising seas swallow it, or did it sink into the seas? Let's not forget islands' sinking habits...

[KWT]

Well I suppose in a strange way global warming may well have helped to put closesure to that dispute.

[alan1961]

Wouldn't be surprised to hear geologists and the like mention
anything to do with the tectonic forces in the indian ocean
with the andaman and nicobar islands fault to the south and
the displacement of the ocean floor this can create with the
quakes in the indian ocean.

[RL3AO]

So did the Indian Ocean rise 5 feet (or whatever it too to sink the island) only in that spot? I'm pretty sure if the Indian ocean rose by a large about, about 400 million in India, Bangladesh, Burma, ect would be homeless right now and that hasn't been on the news. Probably did sink.

[vbhoutex]

So did the Indian Ocean rise 5 feet (or whatever it too to sink the island) only in that spot? I'm pretty sure if the Indian ocean rose by a large about, about 400 million in India, Bangladesh, Burma, ect would be homeless right now and that hasn't been on the news. Probably did sink.

Bingo!!

[RL3AO]

So apparently the island was 2m above sea level and the water is rising 5mm per year. Excuse my elementary math skills, but those numbers don't add up. Also, I'm pretty sure someone would notice the entire planets sea level rose 6 feet on a period of a couple decades.

[vbhoutex]

So apparently the island was 2m above sea level and the water is rising 5mm per year. Excuse my elementary math skills, but those numbers don't add up. Also, I'm pretty sure someone would notice the entire planets sea level rose 6 feet on a period of a couple decades.

Probably about 3-4 billion people, give or take a billion or so would probably have something to say.

[brunota2003]

Funny how the scientists claim the ocean rose, yet us average people said it more than likely sank. Who's right? Most likely it was a mix. A slight rise in the ocean, along with the island sinking (helped by any effects any major storms had on the island).

[RL3AO]

Funny how the scientists claim the ocean rose, yet us average people said it more than likely sank. Who's right? Most likely it was a mix. A slight rise in the ocean, along with the island sinking (helped by any effects any major storms had on the island).

It was just one guy. Its not fair to lump all scientists in on one guys quote.