The effects of global warming - particularly increased cyclones, and coastal and tidal flooding that bring salt water further inland - are devastating Bangladesh and destroying the livelihoods of millions, said Mohammad Shamsuddoha, chief executive of the nonprofit Center for Participatory Research Development. Now, only 480 people remain, with the rest rendered homeless by the sea. Two cyclones in the last two years destroyed the mud embankments that shielded the village from tidal waves. Then the rising seas poisoned the soil with salt water. Most were farmers like the 58-year-old Satter. His village of Bonnotola in southwestern Bangladesh, with its muddy roads and tin-roofed houses, was once home to over 2,000 people. SHYAMNAGAR, Bangladesh (AP) - With each tide, Abdus Satter watches the sea erode a little more of his life.
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