Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_sc/as_india_disappearing_island
NEW DELHI – 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. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.
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To quote the great simpsons philosopher Nelson: HA HA
or the dalai lama in his interview with Christine Amanpour: "it is all man's folly." We imagine that what we do has meaning.
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