“Climate scientists predict that this area will be inundated as sea levels rise and storm surges increase, and a cyclone or another disaster could easily wipe away her rebuilt life. But Ms. Khatun is trying to hold out at least for a while — one of millions living on borrowed time in this vast landscape of river islands, bamboo huts, heartbreaking choices and impossible hopes.” There are many countries like Bangladesh where populations “have contributed little to the pollution that is linked to rising temperatures and sea levels but will suffer the most from the consequences.” From the NYT: Borrowed Time on Disappearing Land.