The once-common beach morning glory vines (Ipomoea pes-caprae) have slowly been disappearing from Cox’s Bazar beach in southeastern Bangladesh, especially at the more popular tourist destinations like Laboni, Kolatoli and Sugandha beach points. Experts and studies indicate excessive footfall on the beach — which is destroying the coastal ecosystem — is leading to the morning … Continue reading Bangladesh witnesses coastal erosion, salinization as tourism crushes a flowering creeper