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| First Refugees of Global Warming | |
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| Topic Started: May 2 2007, 11:38 AM (118 Views) | |
| Loveandbeloved | May 2 2007, 11:38 AM Post #1 |
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The first refugees of global warming Bangladesh watches in horror as much of the nation gives way to sea By Laurie Goering Tribune foreign correspondent Published May 2, 2007 ANTARPARA, Bangladesh -- Muhammad Ali, a wiry 65-year-old, has never driven a car, run an air conditioner or done much of anything that produces greenhouse gases. But on a warming planet, he is on the verge of becoming a climate refugee. In the past 10 years the farmer has had to tear down and move his tin-and-bamboo house five times to escape the encroaching waters of the huge Jamuna River, swollen by severe monsoons that scientists believe are caused by global warming and greater glacier melt in the Himalayas. Now the last of his land is gone, and Ali squats on a precarious piece of government-owned riverbank -- the only ground available -- knowing the river probably will take that as well once the monsoons start this month. "Where we are standing, in five days it will be gone," he predicts. "Our future thinking is that if this problem is not taken care of, we will be swept away." more.. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0,6547775.story |
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