Bangladesh case study

im fucking freezing i hate acai

monsoon change due to enhances GHG effect

• Global circulation model projects an increase in monsoon rainfall of 14-40% by 2030s

• 52-135% increase by 2090s

sea level rise

• rising sea levels because of melting glaciers at poles and steric effect

• loss of agricultural land at ganges/ brahmaputra river delta

increase in climatic intensity

both dry and wet monsoon become more intense; more dry in dry season, more wet in wet season

flooding in summer cause

Vulnerable to increased ice melt during hot summers

monsoon natural causes

• prevailing wind in the south and south-east parts of asia

• May- September bringing rain (wet monsoon)

• October - April wind from the NE (dry monsoon)

river delta land benefits

• Very fertile land, river deposits nutrients

• seasonal flooding is necessary to grow crops like rice

river delta geography

Brahmaputra andGanges rivers meet and split into river delta w cutie little islands

damage due to floods

• increased spread of diseases like cholera through contamination of waer sources

• people often drown

• property and infrastructure damage

• can damage crops

• communities can be cut off from resources due to infrastructure and communication infrastructure damage

2024 floods affected area

east and south-east bangladesh

2024 flood short term effects

• displacement of people

• informal settlements destroyed, washed away

• crops destroyed

2024 floods long term effects

• infrastructure damage

• economic repercussions of food loss and infrastructure damage

• increase in hunger due to food shortage