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Women and children from the fishing village of South Tetulbarian in Barguna Sadar upazila in Bangladesh gather to watch their husbands and fathers and brothers prepare the boat to go out to sea, October 2o, 2010 . Its a dangerous job and everyone knows it could be the last time they see their loved ones. There is no guarantee that they will return home. Because of climate change, the seas are getting more violent, less predictable and boats are capsizing more frequently. Twenty percent of the women in this village are widows because so many have lost their husbands in the seas. Coastal and fishing populations are particularly vulnerable and Fishing communities in Bangladesh are subject not only to sea-level rise, but also flooding and increased typhoons. Erosion as a result of stronger and higher tides, cyclones and storm surges is eating away Bangladesh's southern coast. Yet the largely fishing community cannot live without the sea. "We only know how to catch fish," say the fishermen. ( Ami Vitale)

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Women and children from the fishing village of South Tetulbarian in Barguna Sadar upazila in Bangladesh gather to watch their husbands and fathers and brothers prepare the boat to go out to sea, October 2o, 2010 . Its a dangerous job and everyone knows it could be the last time they see their loved ones. There is no guarantee that they will return home. Because of climate change, the seas are getting more violent, less predictable and boats are capsizing more frequently. Twenty percent of the women in this village are widows because so many have lost their husbands in the seas. Coastal and fishing populations are particularly vulnerable and Fishing communities in Bangladesh are subject not only to sea-level rise, but also flooding and increased typhoons. Erosion as a result of stronger and higher tides, cyclones and storm surges is eating away Bangladesh's southern coast. Yet the largely fishing community cannot live without the sea. "We only know how to catch fish," say the fishermen. ( Ami Vitale)