The Sundarban Tiger

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Climate Change could wipe out Sundarban tigers over next 50 years

Sundarbans - the iconic Bengal tiger's coastal stronghold and world’s biggest mangrove forest - could be gone due climate change and rising sea levels in 50 years.

Change detection analyses indicating areas of land loss and land gain between 1968 and 2014 based on Corona and Landsat data

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The researchers used computer simulations to assess the future suitability of the low-lying Sundarban region for tigers and their prey species, using mainstream estimates of climatic trends from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their analyses included factors such as extreme weather events and sea-level rise.
The analyses suggest tiger habitats in the Sundarbans may vanish entirely by 2070.

However, there is still hope.

The more of the Sundarbans that can be conserved the more resilient it will be to future climatic extremes and rising sea levels.
Only mangroves cover can increase siltation by the rivers, adding height & area to the submerging islands.

Extra read:
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