Bangladesh-YMWHG

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** Primary Sources: ** [|Preparing Bangladesh for Climate Change] Over the years Bangledesh has been experiency very serious cyclones and floods. After a cyclone in 1970 swept away more than a million people, Bangledesh has been trying to improve its early-warning systems as an effort to be more prepared in case of other cyclones. Because many people want to stay on there farms and protect their llivestock, not many people have been using the shelters provided, so they are also trying to fix this issue. Also, because of climate-change, water-levels also have a tendancy to rise. Because Bangledesh is a lay-lowing country, there wil be problems if it cannot fight off the rising water-levels. [|'Everyone wants to do something about the climate change'] In this interview it talks about how many countries are beginning to take a stand on fighting climate change. Eight countries have agreed to share meteorological data so that they can all be given an effective forcast. There has been much debate over the flooding of Bangledesh. It seems that the estimated rising water levels have been overestimated. So by sharing meterological information, scientists may be able to prevent such mistakes in the future. = Artifacts:  = This picture shows how high the water levels are rising. These women form groups in order to then go and look for pumps to pump fresh water. A lot of the pumps are now underwater due to the sea level rising. [|Rising Sea Levels Erode Half Of Bangladesh's Biggest Island] Because of rising sea-levels, Bangledesh's largerst island has become half of its size. Erosion has become a problem in Bangledesh because of its many criss-crossed rivers. As a result of the rising sea-levels, stronger currents have been forming at the mouth of the sea causing erosion of the land. The scientist who studied the eroeion of Bangledesh's largest island has concluded that if the erosion continues at the same rate, then the island will disappear over the next 40 years. I chose this picture because it shows how sea level rising affects those living in Bangladesh. As seen in this picture, many homes have been destroyed. People have to move out of those homes and there is not a lot of other places they can go by walking because, they are surrounded by water.