Sea level rise and tigers: predicted impacts to Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves

This pioneering study quantified how projected sea-level rise threatens the tigers of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and home to a unique population of Bengal tigers. Using elevation data and sea-level projections, the authors estimated that a relatively modest rise could inundate a large share of tiger habitat in the Bangladesh Sundarbans, sharply reducing the area available and the number of tigers it could support. The work was among the first to put concrete numbers on climate-driven habitat loss for a big cat, and it galvanized attention on the Sundarbans as a frontline of climate impacts, where a low-lying coastal forest leaves tigers little room to retreat.