major geographical changes occurring in Bangladesh due to sea level rise
What are the major climate change impacts in Bangladesh?
The following impacts of climate changes have already been observed in Bangladesh: Summers
are becoming hotter, monsoon irregular, untimely rainfall, heavy rainfall over short period
causing water logging and landslides, very little rainfall in dry period, increased river flow and
inundation during monsoon, increased frequency, intensity and recurrence of floods, crop
damage due to flash floods and monsoon floods, crop failure due to drought, prolonged cold
spell, salinity intrusion along the coast leading to scarcity of potable water and redundancy of
prevailing crop practices, coastal erosion, riverbank erosion, deaths due to extreme heat and
extreme cold, increasing mortality, morbidity, prevalence and outbreak of cholera and diarrhea,
etc. 