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  • Bangladesh, villagers stand on road remnant one meter from tidewater of the delta. Sea level rise is increasing erosion. Bangladesh, villagers stand on road remnant one meter from tidewater of the delta. Sea level rise is increasing erosion.
  • Bhola Island, Bangladesh, village in delta being eroded from tide influence; 87 people stand on road remnant. Bhola Island, Bangladesh, village in delta being eroded from tide influence; 87 people stand on road remnant.
  • Charkalmi Village, Bhola Island, Bangladesh, washes away 100M in year according to villagers, 2005 Charkalmi Village, Bhola Island, Bangladesh, washes away 100M in year according to villagers, 2005
  • Eroding shore of Bhola Island, below Dhaka on Meghna River, Bangladesh, showing how little sea level rise will flood fields. Eroding shore of Bhola Island, below Dhaka on Meghna River, Bangladesh, showing how little sea level rise will flood fields.
  • Woman forages for wood on Bhola Island, Bangladesh, which has been losing land with increasing erosion in delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers Woman forages for wood on Bhola Island, Bangladesh, which has been losing land with increasing erosion in delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers
  • Women and child walk through ricefields, Bhola Island, Bangladesh, in the delta below Dhaka. Women and child walk through ricefields, Bhola Island, Bangladesh, in the delta below Dhaka.
  • Strong thunderstorm stirs thick dust from streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. Strong thunderstorm stirs thick dust from streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. See Health, Cities, Communities .
  • Three children play on pile of sand near the Dalate coal fired power plant, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. (See Coal) Three children play on pile of sand near the Dalate coal fired power plant, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. See Coal.
  • Kids play with soccer ball in rice fields that did not yield in severe drought, Fu Luo Village, northern Guangdong Prov., China Kids play with soccer ball in rice fields that did not yield in severe drought, Fu Luo Village, northern Guangdong Prov., China
  • Chinese woman in northern Guangdong Province carries water past dry fish pond in a severe drought Chinese woman in northern Guangdong Province carries water past dry fish pond in a severe drought
  • Chinese woman in northern Guangdong Province carries water past dry fish pond in a severe drought. January 2005. Chinese woman in northern Guangdong Province carries water past dry fish pond in a severe drought. January 2005.
  • Leader of Guo village in Guangdong Prov. China shows young forest planted by villagers but burned as result of severe drought. Leader of Guo village in Guangdong Prov. China shows young forest planted by villagers but burned as result of severe drought.
  • Leader of Guo village in Guangdong Prov. China shows young pine forest planted by villagers but destroyed by fire as result of severe drought. Leader of Guo village in Guangdong Prov. China shows young pine forest planted by villagers but destroyed by fire as result of severe drought.
  • Results of long-term drought in Daquo village, Guangdong Prov., China, which previously had piped domestic water. Results of long-term drought in Daquo village, Guangdong Prov., China, which previously had piped domestic water.
  • Long term drought in Guangdong Province, China, January 2005, forces desperate dipping for water from depleted reservoir. Long term drought in Guangdong Province, China, January 2005, forces desperate dipping for water from depleted reservoir.
  • During severe drought, 2005, in Guangdong Province,China, the shrinking North River strands many boats. During severe drought, 2005, in Guangdong Province,China, the shrinking North River strands many boats.
  • Thick smoke and smog, which has become endemic and life threatening in Northern China, cloaks city near Dalate coal power plant, Inner Mongolia. (See Coal) Thick smoke and smog, which has become endemic and life threatening in Northern China, cloaks city near Dalate coal power plant, Inner Mongolia. (See Coal)
  • Guangdong Province In area in the mountains of Guangdong Province, China, mining pollution hurts air quality and fills streams with sediment, visible due to effects of severe drought on reservoir.
  • View from Shijing Pagoda View from Shijing Pagoda (Ming Dynasty) over Shougang Company Capital Steel factory, once largest in China, top polluter 1990s and into 2000s. Shut down in anti-pollution orders 2003-2008. The pagoda endures.
  • Shougang Company Capital Steel The Shougang Company Capital Steel factory, once largest in China, was top polluter from West Beijing in 1990s and into 2000s. Shut down in anti-pollution orders 2003-2008. Mill is now in Hebei Province.
  • Bhola Island, southern Bangladesh On the coast of Bhola Island, southern Bangladesh, a family in a small boat navigate around the edge of a rice field overtopped by high tides. See Sea Level Rise.