Bangladesh

Add a little heat to the planet and a chunk of Bangladesh—the part that is home to 15 percent of the country's population—will be underwater. Check out the United Nations Environmental Program's illustration of how Bangladesh's coastline will change. Read more.

For California magazine, reporters Emilie Raguso and Sandhya Somashekhar reported on this lowland nation's vulnerability. A rise in sea levels could displace millions and wipe out the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world as well as the Royal Bengal tiger's habitat. Read more.

China

For California magazine, Orville Schell travels to China's coal country, stopping off in two of the most polluted cities in the world.

Illegal coal mining has taken a terrible toll on China and its people. WuNan reports for California magazine. Read more.

NPR's Adam Davidson reports on investors' concerns that China is growing too fast. Read more.

For NPR's All Things Considered, Louisa Lim visits a part of rural China where a chemical factory has destroyed farmlands - and an entire way of life. Read more.