Reuters picks up an article saying that intrusions of salt is killing crops, and driving migration in southern Bangladesh. Rising sea levels, a retreating water table caused by the overuse of wells, and storm surges from Cyclones Sidr and Aila (in 2007 and 2009) have combined to cause a large problem for Bangladeshi farmers.
Unrelated to climate change, and certainly a natural phenomenon, but I just thought it was cool. This is a time-lapse video of celand, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo. I came across it on Ezra Klein's Wonkbook. Very cool.
Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.
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