island disappears due to climate change

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=135601

"The South Talpatti measuring 81 square miles in the Sunderbans has disappeared due to sea level rise and soil erosion."


"There's no trace of the island any more,' He noted that temperatures in the region had been rising at an annual rate of 0.4C. Until 2000, the sea level rose about 3mm a year, but over the last decade it had been rising about 5mm annually, he said. He warned that another ten islands could be at risk.