- The raise of the salinity of water, deforestation and pollution is letting loose the capacity to absorb the carbon dioxide in the mangrove forest at the Sunderbans
- As per the study the forest, marsh grass, phytoplanktons, molluscus and other coastal vegetation in the world’s largest delta are the natural absorbers of carbon dioxide (CO2) and stored carbon in plants are called as “Blue Carbons”
- The Union government had financed the research of the, “Blue Carbon Estimation in Coastal Zone of Eastern India — Sunderbans,” and the study has sounded an alarm bell in the central Sunderbans
- This is going to affect the eco system of the area, the study was conducted mainly on the Byne spices of mangroves and other 34 species including Keora and Genwa and is mainly because of salinity of water in Matla river
- The mangroves need fresh water to grow but because of scarcity of fresh water the count has come down reducing its capacity to absorb carbons, eastern Sunderbans trees are taller because of the fresh water
- Vidyadhari and Matla river come together owing to silt deposition which does not let the fresh water to penetrate and raises in salinity
- Situations are far better in Eastern Sundrbans because of human population is less and the western part is fed by a regular supply of fresh water from the Hooghly river
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/salinity-affecting-sunderbans-mangrove-forests/article6292943.ece