As global warming deepens its grip on the world, Bangladesh -- where tens of millions live just a few feet above sea level -- faces a grim prognosis. George Black, author of OnEarth Summer 08 cover story The Gathering Storm, says that Bangladesh “is really where everything converges. Not just topography, but also politics, because this is a Muslim country, it’s an incredibly poor country, it’s a very politically unstable country.... If this plays out as we foresee, you could be talking about major international security crises, humanitarian crises, etc.” (For more background on this story, read OnEarth editor Doug Barasch’s intro, A Storm Warning from Bangladesh.)

In preparing his article, Black traveled the country with landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel. Take a trip through the Ganges Delta, with Cook and Jenshel’s photos providing vivid illustration of the story Black tells reporter Emily Voigt.

» Read The Gathering Storm
» Hear more George Black: Bangladesh Before the Flood, Part II