We technically I should say India – Bangladesh. Global Warming, one of the symptoms of which is rising water levels. Water levels rising is an issue of concern for mostly islands and India does have a fair few. Island nations like Mauritius and Maldives are on the forefront of the fight against global warming. And a lot needs to be done to “save the world” from this BIG problem. In what seems to be a preview of things to come, Moore Island off the coast of India has just disappeared off the face of the planet.

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New Moore or Purbasha (as it was known in India) or South Talpatti (as it was known in Bangladesh) was a small uninhabited offshore sandbar landform in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta region. It emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970.  The satellite image showed the island to have an area of 27,000 square-feet. Later, various remote sensing surveys showed that the island had expanded gradually to an area of about 110,000 square-feet at low tide. The highest elevation had never exceeded two meters above sea level.

But recent satellite photos show that the island has disappeared again. The fact is, the island has been sinking dramatically during the past decade. Global Warming experts claim that the sea level is rising in accordance with rising temperatures. The island is about two square miles.  The island itself could be the first of many islands to soon disappear. Reports say that around 10 other islands are at risk of being submerged by rising waters. It is either caused by rising sea levels or the island itself might be sinking in mud.

The island was claimed by both Bangladesh and India. Neither country established any permanent settlement because of the island’s geological instability. India had reportedly hoisted the Indian flag on the territory in 1981 and established a temporary base of Border Security Forces. At least for the time being I can see one savior for the guys talking about Global Warming, Peace. The tiny Island that appeared and disappeared, seems to have caused peace on the subject of claiming the island between each of them.