Rising sea levels resolve India-Bangladesh tow over tiny rock island in Bay of Bengal
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For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone. New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta.
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Rising sea levels resolve India-Bangladesh tow over tiny rock island in Bay of Bengal. (2010, March 26). Manila Bulletin, p. 25.
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