Slicky Situation

A children’s book becomes a campaign to save the Sundarbans after oil spill

To depict the devastation from the oil spill, writer Karthika Nair and artist Joëlle Jolivet are reworking pictures from a story they had set in the mangrove forest.

Nayantara Narayanan
· Dec 30, 2014 · 07:15 am
Photos: A thick blanket of oil covers waters within a Bangladesh dolphin sanctuary

The oil spill could cause widespread damage in the Bangladesh and Indian Sundarbans and has the potential to kill a large number of plants and animals.

Nayantara Narayanan
· Dec 12, 2014 · 06:30 am
Huge oil spill threatens rare Irrawady dolphins in their Sunderbans home

Unless cleaned up efficiently, the accident could suffocate the fragile mangrove ecosystem.

Nayantara Narayanan
· Dec 12, 2014 · 01:16 am