According to the United Nations Development Programme, Bangladesh could lose 15 percent to 18 percent of its land area to rising sea levels due to global climate change, turning 30 million people into "environmental refugees" by 2050. Both blessing and curse, the extensive arteries of water that branch into the heart of Bangladesh are the lifeline to the agrarian and fishing lifestyles of an entire country. The way of life, and the entire country are in perilous threat of vanishing, and impact of recent cyclones and flooding on the landscape in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh can only begin to reveal the whole story.