Rise of sea level affects riverbank vegetation

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Rise of sea level affects riverbank vegetation [1]

Vegetation changes point to rising sea levels

Abhishek Law
KOLKATA, Sept. 11: Is Kolkata under threat due to rising sea levels? Has there been an increase in land inundation because of global sea-level rise? It appears so with mangrove plants, that were previously restricted to the Sunderbans only, being found along the banks of river Hooghly.

And if environmentalists are to be believed, this phenomenon of generation of new vegetation along the riverbanks, is due to the increase in river salinity and hint at the city

Publication Date:

12/09/2008

Source: Statesman (Kolkata) [2]

Tags:

Sundarbans [3], Mangroves [4], Climate Change [5], Sea Level Rise [6], West Bengal [7], Calcutta (D) [8]

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