Salt Water's Roar - Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury

Salt Water's Roar - A broken dam during the aftermath of the extremely...

A broken dam during the aftermath of the extremely severe cyclonic storm... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - Coastal area people carrying a roof of their temporary...

Coastal area people carrying a roof of their temporary house on the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A mother with her kids sits in front of her temporary...

A mother with her kids sits in front of her temporary shelter house on the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A Woman walks through floodwaters carrying a jar to...

A Woman walks through floodwaters carrying a jar to collect drinking water... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A bird in the cage of a house in the village next to the...

A bird in the cage of a house in the village next to the Sundarbans forest... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A girl wakes up in the morning and sits on her...

A girl wakes up in the morning and sits on her father's lap inside a... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - During the aftermath, people crossed a broken, flooded...

During the aftermath, people crossed a broken, flooded road after the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - Women walking on a flooded mud footpath during the...

Women walking on a flooded mud footpath during the aftermath of the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A general view of a village next to the Sundarbans...

A general view of a village next to the Sundarbans forest in Khulna, Bangladesh.

Salt Water's Roar - A girl collect spawn, in a river near the Sundarbans at...

A girl collect spawn, in a river near the Sundarbans at high tide, the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A woman washes her daily essentials in water stored in a...

A woman washes her daily essentials in water stored in a pond in front of... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A man sits in front of his broken house, he lost his...

A man sits in front of his broken house, he lost his house to a cyclone and... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A woman in the morning is going to collect fresh water...

A woman in the morning is going to collect fresh water in a pitcher in a... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A Puja Mandal aftermath of the extremely severe cyclonic...

A Puja Mandal aftermath of the extremely severe cyclonic storm near a... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - Drinking water and lunch for daily labor workers who...

Drinking water and lunch for daily labor workers who work to repair broken... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A woman uses jars to collect rainwater when it rains....

A woman uses jars to collect rainwater when it rains. Villagers around the... READ ON

A baby hen.

Salt Water's Roar - The body of a deer lies in the mud deep inside the...

The body of a deer lies in the mud deep inside the Sundarbans mangrove... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A football has been placed in front of the house of a...

A football has been placed in front of the house of a village next to the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar - A boy collect spawn, in a river near the Sundarbans at...

A boy collect spawn, in a river near the Sundarbans at high tide, the... READ ON

Two poles of a house remain after the river erosion of a village next to the... READ ON

Salt Water's Roar

Climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature and its impacts on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global average temperature is more rapid than previous changes and is primarily caused by humans burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices increase greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. Greenhouse gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight. Larger amounts of these gases trap more heat in Earth's lower atmosphere, causing global warming.

Climate change in Bangladesh is a critical issue as the country is one of the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In the 2020 edition of German watch’s Climate Risk Index, it ranked seventh in the list of countries most affected by climate calamities during the period 1999–2018. Bangladesh's vulnerability to climate change impacts is due to a combination of geographical factors, such as its flat, low-lying, and delta-exposed topography, and socio-economic factors, including its high population density, levels of poverty, and dependence on agriculture.

The effects of climate change in Bangladesh become very bad now a day. Almost every year large regions of Bangladesh suffer from more intense events like cyclones, floods, and erosion. The mentioned adverse events are slowing the development of the country by bringing socio-economic and environmental systems to almost collapse.

After the twin disasters of SIDR and AILA, the entire southern region is a trail of devastation, salty and barren. There is no food, no source for food, and not even government permission to enter the forest and rivers to forage for food. The world’s largest mangrove forest can no longer provide food for people. The social relations between poor forest dwellers and uprooted farmers are in flux. The professions of honey extraction, woodcutting, limestone making, and jungle clearing are all facing extinction.

After cyclones or floods, the suffering of people is intolerable. Another name for water is life but after natural disasters this water murders everything. People, trees, and animals everything is affected by salt water. People don’t even have drinking water. After cyclones or floods everything like crops, and houses were destroyed so people were left with no jobs and no food. Animals also died in Sundarbans for no food no shelter even lack of water. This situation becomes terrific day by day.

For income Shrimping – a new industry – has grown up, largely for export, using fewer workers and threatening the livelihood of many others. Shrimping in turn exposes more land to salt or brackish water. Farmers are reduced to occasional labor. Established structures of work and societies centered on work change and breakdown. This is another threat to people.

Many people have to venture into the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans (a national park on the Indian side of the border, but not yet on the Bangladeshi) to fish or to collect roofing materials which used to be available closer to hand. In the Sundarbans, they are exposed to a terrifying catalog of risks, including attacks from dog sharks, crocodiles, king cobras, and the Bengal tiger. Women (it's always the women) have to go ever farther in search of fresh water. New diseases become frequent, obviously connected to all these changes, but not yet provably so. So, it goes on, a kaleidoscope of interconnected shifts, not fully understood, and not half predictable with accuracy. This all happened because of climate change.

It has been estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. Specifically, with a projected 19.6 inch (50 cm) rise in sea level, Bangladesh may lose approximately 11% of its land by then, and up to 18 million people may have to migrate because of sea-level rise alone. So, the future will be more difficult to live for both people and animals.