Editing Ganges Delta (section)

==Future of the delta==
One of the greatest challenges people living on the Ganges Delta may face in coming years is the threat of [[current sea level rise|rising sea levels caused by climate change]]. An increase in sea level of {{convert|0.5|m}} could result in six million people losing their homes in Bangladesh.{{sfn|Bowden|2003|p=44-45|ps=: "The greatest change Bangladesh and its people may face in the coming years will probably be the threat of global warming ... One of the likely results of global warming is a gradual rise in sea levels. This could be {{convert|1.6|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} by 2100. That might not sound like very much, but it would mean that 6 million Bangladeshis would lose their homes."}}

Important gas reserves have been discovered in the delta, such as in the Titas and Bakhrabad gas fields. Several major oil companies have invested in exploration of the Ganges Delta region.<ref>{{cite book |author=USGS-Bangladesh Gas Assessment Team |date=2001 |title=U.S. Geological Survey—PetroBangla Cooperative Assessment of Undiscovered Natural Gas Resources of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsdgH-coRJoC&pg=PA8 |publisher=DIANE Publishing |isbn=978-1428917972}}</ref>{{sfn|Bowden|2003|p=41|ps=: "Gas reserves ... lie under the delta region and offshore in the Bay of Bengal. Important discoveries were made during the 1990s, and several major oil companies have invested in gas exploration in Bangladesh."}}

=== Tidal river management ===
To offset [[land loss]], [[Sedimentation enhancing strategies|tidal river management]] has been implemented in the delta.<ref name="Gain 111–120">{{Cite journal|last1=Gain|first1=Animesh K.|last2=Benson|first2=David|last3=Rahman|first3=Rezaur|last4=Datta|first4=Dilip Kumar|last5=Rouillard|first5=Josselin J.|date=1 September 2017|title=Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh: Moving towards a transdisciplinary approach?|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901116309236|journal=Environmental Science & Policy|language=en|volume=75|pages=111–120|doi=10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.020|bibcode=2017ESPol..75..111G |issn=1462-9011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=van Staveren|first1=Martijn F.|last2=Warner|first2=Jeroen F.|last3=Shah Alam Khan|first3=M.|date=1 February 2017|title=Bringing in the tides. From closing down to opening up delta polders via Tidal River Management in the southwest delta of Bangladesh|url=https://iwaponline.com/wp/article/19/1/147/20536/Bringing-in-the-tides-From-closing-down-to-opening|journal=Water Policy|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=147–164|doi=10.2166/wp.2016.029|issn=1366-7017|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Auerbach|first1=L. W.|last2=Goodbred|first2=S. L. Jr.|last3=Mondal|first3=D. R.|last4=Wilson|first4=C. A.|last5=Ahmed|first5=K. R.|last6=Roy|first6=K.|last7=Steckler|first7=M. S.|last8=Small|first8=C.|last9=Gilligan|first9=J. M.|last10=Ackerly|first10=B. A.|date=February 2015|title=Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2472|journal=Nature Climate Change|language=en|volume=5|issue=2|pages=153–157|doi=10.1038/nclimate2472|bibcode=2015NatCC...5..153A |issn=1758-6798|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This method has been implemented in 5 [[beel]]s and resulted in benefits including decreased [[Waterlogging (agriculture)|waterlogging]], creation of [[Agricultural land|agricultural areas]], improved [[navigation]] and land creation.<ref name="Gain 111–120"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Masud|first1=Md. Mahedi Al|last2=Moni|first2=Nurun Naher|last3=Azadi|first3=Hossein|last4=Van Passel|first4=Steven|date=1 February 2018|title=Sustainability impacts of tidal river management: Towards a conceptual framework|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X17306593|journal=Ecological Indicators|language=en|volume=85|pages=451–467|doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.022|bibcode=2018EcInd..85..451M |issn=1470-160X|hdl=10067/1490390151162165141|s2cid=84181903 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>