2010Mar24: Sea levels in the Bay of Bengal rose about 3 millimeters a year until 2000, but have been rising about 5 millimeters annually over the last ten years, according to oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta (Associated Press, 2010).
Reference: Associated Press story that appeared in the Toronto Sun http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/03/24/13339981.html
Image Description: Morning in Bangladesh. Fishing off coast. Photo by bk, 2008Mar27. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishing_-_Bay_of_Bengal_%282411561405%29.jpg Image Description: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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