Ghoramara Island, located in eastern India, is gradually disappearing due to rising sea levels. The island is only about 1.8 square miles in size — half of it was 20 years ago. Most residents have ...

The island is vanishing under the combined onslaught of climate change, sea-level rise and coastal erosion. But the islanders are rewriting Ghoramara’s destiny — with resilience, innovation and ...

For many on Ghoramara, the general election is about the climate crisis and survival. The island, 150km south of Kolkata and named the ‘sinking island’ by the media, has lost nearly half its area to ...

A staggering 3.6 billion people, that is nearly half the world’s population, are vulnerable to climate change impacts that range from intensifying cyclones, erratic rainfall, droughts, wildfires and ...

In a dimly lit hut made of mud and straw, a shaft of sunlight slices through a hole in the ceiling and lands on a bag of rice. Debendra Tarek, 80, pulls out a handful of the rough brown grains and ...

Life on the island of Ghoramara revolves around the motor boat, the only link to the mainland. From 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., villagers shuttle between 4-Point and Ghoramara for all their needs. Ghoramara ...

Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer on the tiny Indian island of Ghoramara, remembers the days when the northern parts of the land stretched as far as the eye could see. “There were houses, open fields and ...