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Climate Central: A vast mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh that is home to possibly 500 Bengal tigers is being rapidly destroyed by erosion, rising sea levels and storm surges, according to a major study by researchers at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and others.
The Sundarbans forest took the brunt of super cyclone Sidr in 2007, but new satellite studies show that 71 percent of the forested coastline is retreating by as much as 655 feet a year. If erosion continues at this pace, already threatened......
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Tigers in Mangrove Forest Face Climate Change Threat
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 16th, 2013
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