Bangladesh growing in size by 12.5 sq miles a year
Staff Reporter
Bangladesh is increasing in size contradicting forecasts that the parts of the country will disappear under water due to global warming.
Scientists at the Centre for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) say that the country's landmass has increased by 20 square kilometres (12.5 square miles) annually.
They said that they have studied 32 years of satellite images and found that the country's landmass has increased by 20 square kilometres annually during that time.