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Borrowed time on disappearing land: Facing rising seas, Bangladesh confronts the consequences of climate change
by Gardiner Harris
DAKOPE, Bangladesh — When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head. In the aftermath, her husband died and she became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into bonded servitude. And she may lose yet more.