http://ssla.oneworld.net/article/archive/2744 sh_SH http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160560/1/2744 The clearing of mangroves along Myanmar’s coast exposed communities to greater risks during cyclone Nargis, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Intact and dense coastal vegetation can reduce impacts of stormy waves and act as windbreaks in reducing devastation. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83655 "Dead zones" containing too little oxygen for fish to breathe are growing as global temperatures increase. From: New Scientist http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160308/1/2744 Environmental activist Sunita Narain offers a glimpse of what the future holds for coastal towns and villages as sea waters rise at a high rate. Climate change, rising salinity in waters and intense winds are eroding and depressing land at the same time in the Sunderbans, leaving people with no ways to survival. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160270/1/2744 Villages in Orissa on the eastern coast of India are sinking into the sea. In last four months many families have been forced to flee as rising waters have submerged their homes and farmlands. Despite assurances from government, the displaced families are yet to be resettled. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160087/1/2744 New research predicts a rise in sea levels three times higher than that estimated by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last year. These findings, based on a model following accurate reconstruction of sea levels over past two millennia, were presented at a European Geosciences Union conference in Austria recently.