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India's disappearing islands turn to seagrass to fight rising seas
Al Jazeera English
October 4, 2026
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Kariyachalli is one of 21 islands off India’s Tamil Nadu coast, and has already lost more than 80 percent of its landmass over the past 50 years due to coral mining, bleaching and rising sea levels. Scientists warn it could vanish entirely by 2036 without intervention. A local co
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