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Intersections of Art and Science

  • Films, Sea Level Rise

Sinking Islands

  • climate change, Sea Level Rise
  • Coastal Care
  • July 7, 2013

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Bangladesh. Fishing is the only profession of these islandâs poor people. Captions and Photo source: UN Women Asia & pacific

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In the south of Bangladesh, one of the countries most at threat from climate change, entire islands are being washed away by tidal surges and storms leaving their inhabitants in increasingly desperate straits…

WATCH: from The Gathering Storm Series: Sinking Islands, Bangladesh: a IRIN Video Documentary

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