Scientists say island claimed by India and Bangladesh disappears due to rising sea level

cox news ^ | 3-24-10 | NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press Writer

[cajuncow]

NEW DELHI (Associated Press) -- 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.

[cajuncow]

"What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.

Al must be so proud of himself for having forseen this.

[chipper dave]

Good, let me know when Cuba and the Falklands go too! ;-)

[GulfBreeze]

Good. I hated that place anyway...

[mlocher]

Somehow, I think this is the work of King Solomon. Since the two countries could not figure out how to share the island, then Solomon simply took it away.

[SkyDancer]

Nope - it sank ....

[ßuddaßudd]

Global Warming my foot...
Why havent other islands disappeared also?

[Cyber Liberty]

Yuip. Serves ‘em right for fighting over it. Now, on to Cyprus....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Aren’t these the same scientists who said that 120% of the Netherlands was below sea level?

[agere_contra]

The island sank.

But the timeless geological forces that made it sink - obviously, they were due to global warming.

[COBOL2Java]

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.

David Copperfield was unavailable for comment.

[IYAS9YAS]

Good, let me know when Cuba and the Falklands go too! ;-)

Well, if Cuba completely disappears, then we're in big doo doo. There's a mountain peak there over 6,500 feet tall. This I learned from my fellow Freepers, I take no credit for knowing this of my own accord.

[cajuncow]

I thought about the rising sea level taking out other undesirable places until I realized I’m at only 25 foot MSL.

[chipper dave]

Well that would probably be true of the Falklands too. lol

[IYAS9YAS]

I thought about the rising sea level taking out other undesirable places until I realized I’m at only 25 foot MSL.

I'm fairly safe from rising sea waters, but it Albuquerque, so I'm likely to be wiped out by a drunk driver first.

[IYAS9YAS]

Well that would probably be true of the Falklands too. lol

I just looked. There is a peak there over 2,000 feet.

[Grut]

Wiki says it was discovered by a satellite in 1974. My best guess is, it was a sandbar that washed away.

[chipper dave]

I guess you have less to do today than me! lol

[cajuncow]

I’m having visions of a dead whale, whose remains silted up...

[oldleft]

This is the most misleading crap to come out of the MSM is awhile. This ‘island’ popped up after a hurricane and was discovered way back in 1974. It’s in the mouth of a huge river delta. You do the math. Global warming my ass.

[A. Patriot]

“If you two kids don’t stop fighting over it, then neither of you are going to get it”.